1st Edition

Human Resource Perspectives on Workplace Bullying in Higher Education Understanding Vulnerable Employees' Experiences

By Leah P. Hollis Copyright 2021
216 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This analytical volume uses qualitative data, quantitative data, and direct employee experiences to aid understanding of why workplace bullying occurs in universities throughout the US. To address higher education workplace bullying, this text offers data-driven interventions for human resource staff and departments to effectively tackle this destructive phenomenon. Drawing on Hollis’... Read more

Foreword by David C. Yamada

Introduction

Part 1: Human Resources and Higher Education

Chapter 1: Training Current HR Personnel for New Tricks: Analyzing the Relationship Between Training and Workplace Bullying.

Chapter 2: Speaking for Themselves: The Voices of Human Resources Personnel Regarding Workplace Bullying in Higher Education

Chapter 3: Is Bullying Baked into the University? The Organizational Placement of Human Resources and Its Relationship with Workplace Bullying

Chapter 4: Bullied About? Lawyer Up!: When Workplace Bullying Evolves into Legal Complaints

Chapter 5: Ombudsmen as Potential Peacemakers with Workplace Bullying in Higher Education

Part 2: Workplace Bullies and Vulnerable Populations

Chapter 6: The Procrustes Figure, the Curmudgeon, and the Snow White Syndrome: Styles of Higher Education Workplace Bullying

Chapter 7: An Unfair Fight: Black Women’s Additional Risk -- Facing "Mobbing" in Higher Education

Chapter 8: Pressure Points: Workplace bullying, Self-Determination, and Career Interruption for Women in Higher Education.

Chapter 9: New Kid on the Block? Mentoring for Junior Faculty and Dealing with Workplace Bullying

Chapter 10: High-Tech Harassment: A Chi-Square Confirmation that Workplace Cyberbullying Disproportionally Affects People of Color and the LGBQ Community in Higher Education

Chapter 11: Afterword

Appendix: Hollis Instrument Questions

Biography

Leah P. Hollis is Associate Professor in the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership & Policy, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA, and also serves as a visiting scholar at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.