Description
Book SynopsisThis important book addresses the prevalence of faculty incivility, camouflaged aggression, and the rise of an academic bully culture in higher education. The authors show how to recognize a bully culture that may form as a result of institutional norms, organizational structure, academic culture, and systemic changes. Filled with real-life examples, the book offers research-based suggestions for dealing with this disruptive and negative behavior in the academic workplace.
Table of ContentsPreface xi
The Authors xv
Part I: Laying the Foundation
1. Civility, Incivility, Bullying, and Mobbing in Academe 3
2. Incivility and the History of Higher Education 33
3. Learning Incivility 47
4. Motivating Structures and Processes: Academic Organization and Governance Structure 69
5. Enabling Structure and Process: The Academic Culture 93
Part II: Pinpointing Causes
6. The Changing Face of Academe as a Precipitating Circumstance 113
7. Corporate Culture in Academe as a Precipitating Circumstance 127
Part III: Addressing Faculty Incivility and the Academic Bully Culture
8. Characterizing the Bully Culture 149
9. Challenging the Academic Bully Culture 169
Epilogue 189
References 193
Name Index 209
Subject Index 215
