Dr. Shannon Rawski

Biography

Shannon Rawski is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Ivey Business School, Western University. She previously served as an Assistant Professor of Management & Human Resources at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Rawski earned her Ph.D. in Management with specializations in Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory from the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests focus on gender diversity issues in organizations, particularly related to sexual harassment. Rawski studies employees’ interpretations of social sexual behaviors at work and how these behaviors can devolve into legally actionable sexual harassment. Additionally, she researches the effectiveness of sexual harassment diversity training programs, exploring factors such as employees' motivation to participate and their reactions to training sessions. Rawski is interested in how new training designs, such as bystander training and narrative training, as well as emerging training technologies like virtual reality, impact the outcomes of sexual harassment diversity training. She has published in peer-reviewed academic journals, including the Academy of Management Review and the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and co-organizes a Virtual Research Consortium for academics and practitioners focused on research related to sexual harassment and social sexual behavior in the workplace.

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