Approach to Prevent and Solve Problems of Sexual Harassment Against Women Women at Workplace : A Case Study of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand

Abstract

The objectives of the study on “Approach to Prevent and Solve Problems of Sexual Harassment against Women at Workplace: A Case Study of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand” are to study on the understanding that female workers have towards sexual harassment at workplace, to study on the opinions towards sexual harassment at workplace of female workers of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), and to discover ways to support measures to prevent and solve problems related to sexual harassment at workplace by EGAT. The desired data are collected with a set of questionnaire which is used with the samples who are 234 female employees of EGAT. The attained data are analyzed with SPSS computer program for percentages, means and standard deviations. The main findings can be concluded as follows. The studied samples have the overall knowledge and understanding of sexual harassment at workplace and the solutions to problems of sexual harassment at workplace in high level (= 5.4) and have moderate awareness towards sexual harassment at workplace (= 3.21).
Methods to support security and solve woman harassment at workplace problem such as 1) Introducing or explaining guilt and law punishments about woman harassment at workplace, 2) Organizing a working group to handle petition or search offender to be sentenced including other ways in report and petition, 3) Organizing a petition form for woman workers harassed at workplace, 4) Explain clear definition of woman harassment at workplace, 5) Writing and announcing policies against woman harassment at workplace, and 6) Co-working with human resource department and labor union to resist woman harassment at workplace.