Women's Leadership Communication Style in Overcoming Sexual Violence in the Workplace in the Digital Era

Abstract

Sexual violence in the digital era is an increasingly common problem. In the era of the Industrial Revolution 5.0, society has experienced a lot of progress in various sectors, especially digital communication. However, this also has negative impacts, one of which is the rampant harassment through digital or social media. Sexual violence in the digital era can occur in various forms, such as sexting, cyberbullying, grooming, or revenge porn. This also occurs a lot in the work environment, which occurs between employees or superiors and subordinates. This existence is very disturbing mentally the victim can even affect their future due to extreme trauma. To prevent sexual violence in the digital era, the state and society need to take preventive measures by providing education to children about safety when doing activities on social media. In addition, not only sexual violence against students, it also happens to women such as employees. This condition is an important highlight for society and scholars to conduct further research in order to find the right solution in eradicating sexual violence specifically in the work environment through digital and non-digital media. Technological advances cannot be avoided or stopped, especially in today's world of work. A firm, polite and competent leadership communication pattern is needed in every company and is able to supervise and even issue strict rules for all personnel such as: employees, superiors, third parties (colleagues). It is very necessary for every personnel in the work environment to be equipped with good digital literacy so that they understand and are wise in using digital technology in all their activities. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach with a library data collection method (content analysis) and in-depth interviews to obtain accurate and true data.