Examining the mediating role of job stress in the relationship between sexual harassment on job and turnover intention among women in Pakistani service sectors

Syeda Mahera Husain and Yen Phin Ng and Oscar Dousin (2025) Examining the mediating role of job stress in the relationship between sexual harassment on job and turnover intention among women in Pakistani service sectors. International Journal of Human Resource Studies, 15 (2). pp. 35-43. ISSN 2162-3058

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Abstract

Sexual harassment in public places of Pakistan is a social problem. In Pakistan, a good number of studies have been conducted on sexual harassment of women; however, they are based in educational institutes and educational institutions and Hospitals. This research examined effect of sexual harassment on female workers in service sector of Pakistan (Banking and Airline industry). It further discusses the relationship of sexual harassment with Job stress and employee turnover. The mediating effect shown of Job stress between and employee turnover intention and sexual harassment has also been discussed in detailed. The sample was 268 using questionnaires which were collected from female workers working in the two head offices of these organizations. Based on quantitative research approach the data analysis is done by using IBM SPSS Statistics 22 and Smart PLS software version 3.0. The results indicated that there is a significant harassment found in these two organizations as all 3 hypotheses are significantly correlated at p<0.01. This study also reinforces the idea that due to unpleasant working conditions employees can suffer from job stress which ultimately leads towards turnover.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Sexual Harassment, Job stress, Employee Turnover Intention, Woman Workers
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28-9999 Industries. Land use. Labor > HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working class > HD6050-6305 Classes of labor Including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons, minorities J Political Science > JK Political institutions and public administration (United States) > JK1-9993 Political institutions and public administration(United States) > JK1-9593 United States > JK2403-9593 State government
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting
Depositing User:	JUNAINE JASNI -
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2025 12:14
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2025 12:14
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/45717

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