THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY IN TWO SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE UNITS
Date
2012-01-19
Authors
MOLETSANE, THERESA
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Abstract
Sexual harassment is a problem characteristic of many workplaces in South
Africa and abroad. The South African National Defence Force is not immune
hence the Department of Defence has formulated a Policy on the Prevention
and Elimination of Sexual Harassment.
This research sets out to explore the experiences that managers, victims or
survivors and ultimately the organisation have in the implementation of the
policy on the Prevention and Elimination of Sexual Harassment. A qualitative
method of enquiry was employed to source information from the participants.
This method involves a complex narrative which takes the researcher into
multiple dimensions of a problem or issue and displays it in its complexity.
The essence of the findings of this study is that sexual harassment is a reality
for the South African National Defence Force. However the policy on the
prevention and elimination of sexual harassment is not known or applied
across the board. The dissemination of the knowledge on this policy is done
in an ad hoc and inconsistent manner
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MM thesis - P&DM
Keywords
Sexual harassment, South African Defence Force