| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Workplace Bullying -- Background Information -- Incivility and Counterproductive Workplace Behavior -- Bullying Defined -- Personal Characteristics of Bullying -- Social Characteristics of Bullying -- Organizational Characteristics of Bullying -- Mobbing Defined -- Targets Behaving Badly -- The Bully Culture -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: Bullying in Academe |
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Observations of a Novice Faculty MemberTwenty-first Century Academe -- Uniqueness of the Faculty -- Faculty Life in Academic Departments -- Faculty-on-Faculty Interaction -- Faculty Interaction with Department Chairs/Heads and Deans -- The Particular Case of Academic Departments of Nursing -- Autonomy -- Academic Freedom -- Shared Governance -- The Tenure and Promotion Process -- The Effects of Tenure on Bullying -- Academic Professionalism -- Collegiality and Community -- Peer Review -- How Incivility and Bullying Lead to Dysfunction -- Summary |
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Social Interaction, Identity, and StatusSocial Exchange -- Social Groups -- Bully and Target Social Encounters and Reality Construction -- Female Bullies and Their Targets -- Virtual Victimization and Cyberbullying -- Bystanders/Witnesses, Secondary Targets, and Collateral Damage -- Bystanders/Witnesses as Confidants -- Socialization of New Faculty and Graduate Students -- Bullying in Healthcare Fields -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Institutional Characteristics and Circumstances -- Institution as Bully -- University Characteristics |
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Departmental Culture and ClimateProfessional Association Culture and Climate -- Institutional Leadership, Management, and Administration -- Institutional Communication -- Human Resources Department -- External Health, Safety, and Union Interests -- Institutional Change -- Summary -- References -- Part III: Recovery, Resolution, and Restoration -- Chapter 6: Physical and Psychological Recovery -- Wellness through Awareness -- Personal Agency through Documentation and Intervention -- Reflective Writing as Faculty Research and Target Therapy |
| Summary |
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 |
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Bullying in universities and colleges.
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Bullying in the workplace.
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College teachers -- Professional relationships
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Educational leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Bullying in the workplace
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Bullying in universities and colleges
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Educational leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315181288 |
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1315181282 |
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