A Brief Guide to Academic Bullying

Download or read book A Brief Guide to Academic Bullying written by Morteza Mahmoudi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Targets of bullying are often the most vulnerable members of the scientific workforce—they may be low-paid graduate students or postdocs, living in a foreign country, navigating a foreign language and culture, and whose immigration status is tied directly to their employment. They may also have young families, be living paycheck-to-paycheck, and have health insurance and other benefits that depend on a contract position that can be revoked with little to no notice or cause. Finally, targets on the low end of a power differential are not likely to be supported by their institutions, particularly institutions that rely on the big grant earnings brought in by senior “bullies.” This book is a brief guide to the causes of academic bullying and to their solutions.