What is it about?
Two third of higher education employees face bullying. The most vulnerable are those without power: junior faculty. This chapter confirms that solid mentoring can help colleagues minimize impact of workplace bullying by focussing on academic productivity.
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Why is it important?
So often talented junior faculty wash out because more powerful chair, dean or senior faculty member bullies them. However, strong mentorship - even outside of their home institution- can help junior faculty progress and feel safer in their field.
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Mentorship is meant to advance someone's career. This piece shows that mentorship not only helps careers, but helps people to reduce how they feel the abuse. Being distracted with productivity, junior faculty may be able to transcend the abuse and still be productive.
Leah P. Hollis
Rutgers University New Brunswick
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This page is a summary of: New Kid on the Block? Mentoring for Junior Faculty and Dealing with Workplace Bullying, April 2021, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.4324/9781003051923-12.
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