Fiscal Year	2018
Division	Graduate School of Business & Public Policy
Department	Graduate School of Business & Public Policy
Investigator(s)	Thomas, Gail F.
Sponsor	Department of the Navy Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (Navy)
Summary	Sexual Harassment (SH) and Sexual Assault (SA) continue to be persistent problems for the Department of Defense, particularly for the US Navy and Marine Corps. While numerous studies have addressed sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, fewer studies have addressed related behaviors such as sexist behavior and crude/offensive behavior that are more ambiguous and may not clearly fit within the categories of sexual harassment or sexual assault. These more ambiguous behaviors are sometimes called the “gray zones or gray areas” of sexual harassment, and they, too, can affect command climate in an adverse manner. The research is clear that both middle and senior leader response to these behaviors can contribute to or detract from a healthy workplace. This study seeks to identify these gray zone behaviors, determine effective leader responses to these behaviors with the goal of mitigating sexual harassment and sexual assault and supporting healthy personal relationships and command climate.
Keywords	Sexual Assault middle managers sexual harassment situational judgment tests
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