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Sexual harassment to workers in public Institutions: a case of higher learning Institutions in Tanzania

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dc.creator Abel, Joyce
dc.date 2016-04-15T08:56:02Z
dc.date 2016-04-15T08:56:02Z
dc.date 2014
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11192/1224
dc.description A Dissertation Submitted to Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Campus College in Partial/Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Science in Human Resource Management (MSc.HRM) of Mzumbe University
dc.description This study aimed at exploring the problem of Sexual Harassments to Workers in Public Institutions taking a close look on two higher learning institutions in Tanzania. The study and the case study was the result of the magnitude to which this social existing problem devastated the working places within public institutions in Tanzania. After pointing out the research problem and area of study, the researcher aimed at exploring the workers perceptions and attitudes towards sexual harassment to public institutions in Tanzania, to determine whether or not there is sexual harassment on workers in public institutions in Tanzania, to determine the effect of sexual harassment on workers in public institutions in Tanzania and to determine measures that the government and other stakeholders should take to overcome sexual harassment to workers in public institutions in Tanzania. In so doing the data was gathered from both primary and secondary sources using different methodologies such as Documentary Review, Questionnaires, Interviews and Observations to assure the accuracy and reliability of data. The raw data from the questionnaires was classified into usable categories, edited, coded and then analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Moreover data was tabulated and cross tabulated which is relevant to research questions. The qualitative data was obtained through observations and interviews which were analyzed manually. The data were used to examine whether or not there is sexual harassment to workers in public institutions. When doing the discussion of findings the study revealed the existence of the sexual harassment to workers working in public institutions pointing out the assumptions made on the conceptual framework as the underlying factors of this problem which included things like level of income, level of education, inferiority and superiority, fear of losing employments and moral corruption within the society. After concluded the existence and the causes of this existing social problem, the researcher made some recommendations to the problem along with the recommendations on areas of further study.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Mzumbe University
dc.subject Sexual harassment
dc.title Sexual harassment to workers in public Institutions: a case of higher learning Institutions in Tanzania
dc.type Thesis


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