Preventive work against sexual harassment in Swedish and Nordic working life - a summary

Abstract

This research overview is a summary of a Swedish report. It summarizes and analyses research on preventive work against sexual harassment in the workplace, in Sweden and the other Nordic countries. The full report in Swedish can be found on the website of Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, University of Gothenburg. The purpose of the research overview is to collect research-based knowledge about how the occurrence and consequences of sexual harassment in the workplace can be prevented. Due to the relative scarcity of relevant research data regarding Swedish and Nordic working life, complementary studies have been included in the research overview. These studies are more immediately focused on preventive measures, and are either sourced from the field of education, or from geographical contexts beyond the Nordic area. In the research overview, they are presented in a Best practice segment. The core results of the research overview are summarized below, followed by a brief reflection.