SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF OFFICE STAFF IN EDUCATIONAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE
Epelle Gloria, Amadi, Mary Anyankpele & Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi
Department of Educational Management
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt
E-mail: emy1242000@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
This paper delved into Sexual harassment and job performance of office workers in educational tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The paper adopted the desk approach in that secondary literature materials from internet, textbooks, journals, magazines were deployed in the paper. The paper considered the concepts of sexual harassment, office worker, and causes of sexual harassment in the office, management sanctions, consequences and panacea to sexual harassment to tertiary educational institutions in Rivers State. The paper concluded that sexual harassment should not be allowed in any education office in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The paper suggested that management should make local rules to guide against occurrences of the considered ugly trend and the conduct of the staff should show business consciousness.
Keywords: Office Staff, Tertiary institutions, Sexual harassment, Job performance
