Organizational Perspectives on Faculty Incivility and Mobbing in One Institutional Context

• In Event: Roundtable Session 38
  In Roundtable Session: Institutional Analysis of Academic Life

Abstract

Workplace harassment takes various forms and can include covert hostility, verbal hostility, manipulation, physical hostility, as well as bullying and mobbing (Koonin & Green, 2004). This type of workplace harassment can affect as much as 15% of the working population and may be more prevalent in academic organizations, as this culture is based upon isolation, hierarchy ambiguity, and a high-stress work environment (Twale & DeLuca, 2008). In this study, we focus on the dynamics of organizational culture that influence mobbing in academia and ask, what does mobbing look like in academic settings, who experiences it, and what are its consequences? Using the organizational culture of academia, we examine one research university through a presentation of mixed method data.

Authors

• Susan K. Gardner, University of Maine

• Amy Blackstone, University of Maine

• Daniela Veliz, University of Maine