ABSTRACT

Harassment has been a tragedy of the workplace since women first began to work outside the home. Particularly in developing countries like Pakistan where working women confront degrading, frightening, and sometimes physically violent behaviors frequently extends over a considerable period of time; and can bring about significant occupation related, psychological, and health- related outcomes. This article is going to provide a brief review of the prevalence of workplace harassment, its effect on mental health and coping strategies to survive at work place and make work life functional as much as possible. The primary objective of the study is to explore the effect of visible and invisible harassment at workplace on mental health. The researcher selected 152 respondents from educational sector, banking sector and non-governmental organizations randomly. A quantitative research approach has been taken to fulfill the objectives of this research. And self-administrative questionnaire was used for data collection. The results revealed that visible and invisible harassment is affecting women and results in stress, physical and verbal aggression, and other job related issues that are making work environment more adverse for women to work. Key words: Harassment, Degrading, Frightening, Physically violent, Aggression, Stress
Publication date: 01/09/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.9.5199