Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law, University of Novi Sad
2018, vol. LII, No. 2, pp. 609-620
Language of the paper: English
Original scientific paper
udk: 616.89-008.442:331(497.11)
doi: 10.5937/zrpfns52-17701
Authors:
Zvezdan Đurić, Ph.D., Associate Professor
University of Priština
Faculty of Economics in Kosovska Mitrovica
zvezdan.djuric@bbs.edu.rs
Ivana Erić, Ph.D., Professor of Applied Studies
Belgrade Business Scholl
ivana.eric@bbs.edu.rs
Abstract:
Sexual harassment at work is one of the biggest stressors, or an event that can disrupt normal functioning of individuals, which necessarily requiring bodily, psychological or behavioral adjustments, that can cause numerous consequences. It has a legal, moral and behavioral dimension. As a result of that, in the paper were presented the legal definitions, certain moral dilemmas and behavioral implications. Surely, viewed from the perspective of business implications, sexual harassment leaves negative psychological and general health consequences, as well as a significant decline in business performance. So, modern world organizations are trying to eradicate it. However, in many traditional environments, to which belong and ours these problems have not been considered as significant for many years. During the 2005, the Labor Law Republic of Serbia, Article 21 prohibited sexual harassment that happens in our country, which demonstrated good will to eradicate such ugly practices. An empirical research was conducted with the intention of determining the actual presence of sexual harassment and its implications for the business performance of organizations in Serbia.
Keywords:
sexual harassment, legal regulations, health consequences, decline in business performance.