Abstract
Research has documented the occurrence and impact of sexual harassment in organizations. Yet, scholars have not considered the way in which the language features of conversation contribute to the construction of verbal sexual harassment. Indirect language features were compiled through an analysis of transcripts from video, audio, and written stimuli used in sexual harassment research and transcripts of sexual harassment training videos. These interactions were analyzed for six language features: (a) relationship attempts, (b) contextually grounded opportunity for (c) multiple meanings including (d) sexual references, and (e) presence of real or presumed power relative to the (f) receiver's indications that the overtures were unwanted. Analyses result in theorem to more clearly specify the manner in which sexual harassment emerges from conversation, a process naturally embedded in the practice of work.
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