Workplace Bullying in Higher Education

Higher Education leaders, managers, human resource professionals, and faculty and staff increasingly face uncivil, bullying behaviors in academe. This can manifest itself as constant public humiliation by a new department chair, exclusion of the contingent faculty member, undermining of work performance by a supervisor, stalking by the staff member, and taunting. As higher education institutions continue to face budget issues and external pressure, the incidences of bullying are on the rise. This edited volume provides guidance on the nature of, impact, legal and ethical issues, and practices to address bullying in colleges and universities. Chapter authors discuss the impact of bullying on the workforce, the ways that bullying manifests within different sub-cultures and at different institutions including community colleges, issues across social identities groups, legal and ethical issues, and practices that are currently being developed to assist leaders in facing these challenges on their individual campus. Exploring examples of bullying policies, descriptions of innovative programs, and discussion of research, this book provides a better understanding of how to rethink current policies and practices to proactively create more civil cultures and manage bullies on campus. This is a valuable resource for all human resource departments and academic managers on ways to mediate and prevent bullying.