Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Bullying Is Prevalent In Academia, Says Scholar

Bullying has become a frequently discussed problem but most of the stories involve young people.

Less discussed is its prevalence in academia but a Rutgers–Camden nursing scholar is shedding some light on how it is becoming increasingly common.

Janice Beitz, a professor at the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden, draws upon interviews conducted with 16 nursing professors who were the victims of social bullying in an academic nursing workplace. Beitz says that the participants described in detail instances in which they were slandered, isolated, physically threatened, lied to, or given unrealistic workloads, among various other bullying tactics.  (more...)


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