ABSTRACT

Understanding and Preventing Faculty-on-Faculty Bullying provides a comprehensive understanding of workplace harassment, aggression, violence, bullying, and incivility in academia. Using a psychological, sociological, and organizational approach, this book explores the issue from the perspective of the individual, the department, and from the higher education organization. Providing research on the effects on victims and collegial culture, this important volume brings together interdisciplinary scholarship to present research-based suggestions for recovering from workplace bullying, recommendations for improving toxic academic environments, and practical advice about policy development to improve academic organizational culture and climate.

part I|44 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction to workplace bullying

chapter 2|24 pages

Bullying in academe

part II|65 pages

Effects

part III|58 pages

Recovery, Resolution, and Restoration

chapter 6|17 pages

Physical and psychological recovery

chapter 7|10 pages

Sense-making and social resolution

chapter 8|29 pages

Institutional restoration

part IV|68 pages

Resources and Research

chapter 9|28 pages

Practical remedies

chapter 10|21 pages

Suggestions for future research

chapter 11|17 pages

Resources and measurements