The Experience of Interview Harassment As a Bystander and Its Consequences

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Identity, Culture & Social Inequality

Kátia dos Santos Estevães
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
Isaac Calvis
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Maria Diamandi
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Maria Victoria Sanchez-Vives
ICREA
Maria Victoria Sanchez-Vives
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Justyna Świdrak
Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Justyna Świdrak
Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences

Abstract

We applied the Golden Rule Embodiment Paradigm (treat others how you want to be treated) in an interview harassment scenario in the envisioned metaverse to test whether embodying the victim and seeing oneself passively witnessing the harassment can influence attitudes and behaviour. There were 40 participants in two groups.

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The Experience of Interview Harassment As a Bystander and Its Consequences

Abstract

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