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Bullying LibGuide: Relational, Covert or Indirect Aggression and Covert Bullying; Bullying; Mobbing

by Librarian/Professor 1, Alyse McKeal, LCSW, MSW, MLIS

Oppression and Other Related Topics

Other Helpful Resources

Other useful resources on academic bullying include:

  • Bully in the Ivory Tower: How Aggression and Incivility Erode American Higher Education–Leah P.. Hollis, 2012, and the related essay Bullying in Academe by Raymonda Burgman from Inside Higher Education.
  • Mediating in the Academic Bully Culture: The Chair's Responsibility to Faculty and Graduate Students–from Tomorrow's Professor posting #992, by Barbara M. De Luca and Darla J. Twale, authors of Faculty Incivility (Jossey-Bass, 2008). This article appeared in The Department Chair: A Resource for Academic Administrators, Winter 2010, Vol. 20, No. 3. Workplace Bullying Institute--a wealth of supporting information and resources!
  • Twale, D.J. and De Luca, B.M., 2008. Faculty incivility: The rise of the academic bully culture and what to do about it (Vol. 128). Jossey-Bass. Martin, M.M., Goodboy, A.K. and Johnson, Z.D., 2015.
  • When Professors Bully Graduate Students: Effects on Student Interest, Instructional Dissent, and Intentions to Leave Graduate Education. Communication Education, 64(4), pp.438-454.
  • Check out this first-hand account by Rochelle Poole Bullied Out of Research published in Science magazine, October 28, 2016, p. 514.
  • Cassell, M.A., 2011. Bullying in academe: Prevalent, significant, and incessant. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 4(5), p.33. Clark, C.M., Olender, L., Kenski, D. and Cardoni, C., 2013. Exploring and addressing faculty-to- faculty incivility: A national perspective and literature review. Journal of Nursing Education, 52(4), pp.211-218.
  • Frazier, K.N., 2011. Academic Bullying: A Barrier to Tenure and Promotion for African-American Faculty. Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 5(1), pp.1-13.
  • Keashly, L. and Neuman, J.H., 2010. Faculty experiences with bullying in higher education: Causes, consequences and management. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 32(1), pp.48-70.
  • Lampman, C., Phelps, A., Bancroft, S. and Beneke, M., 2009. [link http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-008- 9560-x 'Contrapower harassment in academia: A survey of faculty experience with student incivility, bullying, and sexual attention']. Sex Roles, 60(5-6), pp.331-346.
  • McKay, R., Arnold, D.H., Fratzl, J. and Thomas, R., 2008.Workplace bullying in academia: A Canadian study. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 20(2), pp.77-100. (REFERENCES TO STUDIES IN NON-U.S. COUNTRIES)
  • Nielsen, M. B. and Einarsen, S. 2012. Outcomes of exposure to workplace bullying: A meta-analytic review, Work & Stress: An International Journal of Work, Health & Organisations, 26:4, 309-332.
  • Piotrowski, C. and King, C., 2016. The Enigma of Adult Bullying in Higher Education: a Research-based Conceptual Framework. Education, 136(3), pp.299-306.
  • Einarsen, S., Hoel, H., Zapf, D., and Cooper, C., 2010, Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace: Developments in the Theory, Research, and Practice, Second Edition, CRC Press, 512 pp. Einarsen, S., & Skogstad, A. (1996). Prevalence and risk groups of bullying and harassment at work. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 5(2), 185–202.
  • Einarsen, S., Hoel, H., Zapf, D., & Cooper, C. L. (2011). The concept of bullying and harassment at work: The European tradition. In S. Einarsen, H. Hoel, D. Zapf, & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Bullying and harassment in the workplace (pp. 3–40). London: Taylor & Francis.
  • Leymann, H. (1996). The content and development of mobbing at work. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 5(2), 165–184. Einarsen, S. (2000). Harassment and bullying at work: A review of the Scandinavian approach. Aggression and Violent Behaviour, 5(4), 379–401.
  • Tepper, B. J. (2007). Abusive supervision in work organizations: review, synthesis, and research agenda. Journal of Management 33(3), 261-289. Zapf, D., & Einarsen, S. (2011). Individual antecedents of workplace bullying. In S. Einarsen, H. Hoel, D. Zapf, & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Bullying and harassment in the workplace (pp. 177–200). London: Taylor & Francis. D'Cruz, P., 2015, Depersonalized Bullying at Work From Evidence to Conceptualization, Springer Verlag.
  • Keashley, L., 2010, Some Things You Need to Know but may have been Afraid to Ask: A Researcher Speaks to Ombudsmen about Workplace Bullying, Journal of the International Ombudsman Association, vol 3 #2. This is a really nice overview of the patterns of behavior and the impacts!
  • Fogg, P. (2008). Academic Bullies. Chronicle of higher Education, 55(3).
  • Frazier, K. N. (2011). Academic Bullying: A Barrier to Tenure and Promotion for African-American Faculty. Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 5(1), 1-13.
  • Bullying of Academics in Higher Education' Bully in the Ivory Tower: How Aggression and Incivility Erode American Higher Education–from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, Dr. Leah Hollis, (video recording) Addressing Incivility in the Classroom: Effective Strategies for Faculty–from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, Dr. Chavella Pittman, (video recording) (In)Civility in Academic Spaces–from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, Dr. Adeline Koh, (video recording)
  • The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been proactive in addressing bullying on campus: New UW-Madison website to help faculty, staff cope with workplace bullying--Pat Schneider, The Cap times, posted January 29, 2018. Visit the UW-M website on Hostile and Intimidating Behavior--contains information on principles, policies, campus resources, and methods to address and prevent hostile and intimidating behavior.
  • Bullying in Academe--Raymonda Burgman, from Inside Higher Education, posted June 15, 2016. "Bullying behavior at your institution can result in lawsuits, high employee turnover costs, productivity declines, low morale and many other problems...As you begin forming a no-bullying (and healthy) work environment, ask yourself and colleagues these three simple questions: Does your supervisor have a positive attitude? Does the administration respect all employees? Do your colleagues respect you?"
  • Workplace Bullying--a Self Help Guide developed by the University of Louisville.
  • References on Bulllying (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 156kB Feb16 18)--a compilation created by Mary Anne Holmes.

Many of the above references were compiled by Mary Anne Holmes.

  • Dickson,D.(2005,December).Bullyingintheworkplace.Anaesthesia,pp.11591161.doi:10.1111/j.13652044.2005.04465.x.
  • LaVan,H.,&Martin,W.(2008).BullyingintheU.S.Workplace:NormativeandProcessOrientedEthicalApproaches.JournalofBusinessEthics,83(2),147165.doi:10.1007/s1055100796089.
  • Moayed,F.,Daraiseh,N.,Shell,R.,&Salem,S.(2006).Workplacebullying:asystematicreviewofriskfactorsandoutcomes.TheoreticalIssuesinErgonomicsScience,7(3),311327.doi:10.1080/14639220500090604.
  • Ølafsson,R.,&Jóhannsdóttir,H.(2004).Copingwithbullyingintheworkplace:theeffectofgender,ageandtypeofbullying.BritishJournalofGuidance&Counselling,32(3),319333.doi:10.1080/03069880410001723549.
  • Yıldız,S(2007).A'NEW'PROBLEMINTHEWORKPLACE:PSYCHOLOGICALABUSE(BULLYING).JournalofAcademicStudies,9(34),113128.RetrievedfromAcademicSearchPremierdatabase