Volume 13, Issue 2A and 2B, 2025

Influence of Cultural Values Promotion on Curbing Sexual Harassment Among Female Workers of Tertiary Institutions in Delta State

Pemede O & Onyema Patience Chinedu

Abstract

This study examined the influence of cultural values promotion in curbing
sexual harassment among female workers of tertiary institutions in Delta state.
Descriptive survey research design was adopted to conduct the study while the
study population comprised lecturers from selected tertiary institutions in Delta
state. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. Purposive
sampling technique was used to select three tertiary institutions while stratified
random sampling technique was used to select three hundred lecturers of
different ranks as respondents for the study. 14 items structured questionnaire
was designed by the researcher and forwarded to two research experts from the
Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka in Anambra state and
Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education, Federal College
of Education (Technical), Asaba Delta state for face and content validation.
Copies of the questionnaire were administered to respondents after validation.
Analysis of data collected was carried out with frequency counts and mean
scores. It was found among others that cultural values promotion can contribute
to the curbing of sexual harassment among female workers in tertiary
institutions. It was further recommended among others that tertiary institutions
management should intensify efforts in promoting cultural values through
aggressive sensitization of workers.

Keywords

Cultural values, sexual harassment, female workers and tertiary institutions

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