Sponsor
This project was funded by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry (BOLI), Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and City of Portland and Metropolitan Alliance for Workforce Equity Community Benefits Agreement (CBA).
Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
6-2015
Subjects
Sexual harassment -- Oregon, Violence -- prevention & control -- Oregon, Harassment -- Prevention
Abstract
This project was conducted by researchers from the Department of Sociology at Portland State University (PSU) in partnership with the staff of Oregon Tradeswomen Inc (OTI), Green Dot etc Inc (Green Dot), and Portland Community College (PCC). The goal of the project was to evaluate the potential for adapting the Green Dot bystander intervention program for the construction trades in Oregon in order to reduce harassment on construction job sites. The intent of bystander interventions is to encourage people to intervene when they see harassment occurring and, ultimately, to change the social norms so that harassment is viewed as unacceptable (see Box 1 on Green Dot Strategy). The Green Dot program has primarily been used on college campuses but Green Dot has also developed adaptations for community and statewide organizations and for the military.
In order to assess the potential for the Green Dot program for the trades in Oregon, staff from PSU, OTI, Green Dot, and PCC worked together to plan and implement focus groups with stakeholders in the construction trades. Ten qualitative focus groups were held to over a two day period in February 2015. There were a total of 42 participants in the focus groups, representing tradespeople, supervisors/ foremen, contractor staff, union staff, apprenticeship program staff, as well as staff of other community organizations. In the focus groups, participants were asked about harassing behaviors they had observed or heard about as well as questions aimed as assessing how the Green Dot strategy might best be implemented in the trades.
In this report, we first review the findings from the focus groups. We then discuss the May 2015 report written by Green Dot staff: "Preventing Hazing, Harassment, and Bullying in Oregon’s Trades: Findings and Recommendations." We provide our response to the Green Dot report and suggestions for implementation. Finally, we offer a discussion of our main findings and recommendations.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15614
Citation Details
Kelly, Maura and Bassett, Sasha, "Evaluation of the Potential for Adapting the Green Dot Bystander Intervention Program for the Construction Trades in Oregon" (2015). Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations. 33.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15614
Description
Final report submitted to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and Oregon Department of Transportation.
This project was conducted by researchers from the Department of Sociology at Portland State University (PSU) in partnership with the staff of Oregon Tradeswomen Inc (OTI), Green Dot etc Inc (Green Dot), and Portland Community College (PCC).