Proceedings of 11th Asian Business Research Conference
26-27 December, 2014, BIAM Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISBN: 978-1-922069-68-9
The Effects of Workplace Harassment on Job Performance
Md. Rokonuzzamana, Md. Borak Alib, Md. Zafor Sadiquec and Md. Enamul Haqued
This paper purposes to examine the effects of different forms of workplace harassment
on the performance of employees. It also intends to find the sources of workplace
harassment and its effects on mental health and behavior pattern. The data and insights
for this work were derived from extant literature on the field of workplace harassment. In
addition, data were collected through semi-structured interviews and site visits.
Assumptions supposed in this research are tested with programmable MATLAB
software. The study revealed that, harassment is a common issue in organization of any
kinds including financial, services, manufacturing etc., and is poorly attended by
employers. Harassment at workplaces is associated with emotion, discriminating
treatment and socio-demographic variables. It geneses serious mental depression and
quashing foils on the mental health of employees; which eventually reduces job
performance. The study into the workplace harassment phenomenon conclude that,
poor concentration to this issue roots the ill mental health of the workers and employees.
Therefore, the focus of this research is to quantify the causal inference of workplace
harassment on job performance.
Keywords: Workplace, Harassment, Mental Health, Productivity, Job Performance, Causal
Inference.
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Department of Management Studies, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University,
Gopalganj-8100, Bangladesh; info.rokon@yahoo.com
b
Department of Marketing, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh; borakali@yahoo.com
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Department of Management Studies, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh; zaforru@yahoo.com
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Department of Business Administration, WUB, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh; enamul_jes@yahoo.com