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Hierarchical dysfunction and mobbing in the academy.
The first step to finding solutions to a problem is recognizing the problem.
When it comes to identifying the root cause of dysfunction in the academic workplace, Dr. Jeanine Stewart, professor of psychology at Washington and Lee University VA, proposed that the design of the academic workplace fosters counterproductive behaviors, including a newly named form of harassment called "mobbing."
She presented "Dysfunctional by Design: Mobbing and Harassment in the Academic Workplace" at the Oxford Round Table Women's Leadership conference at Oxford, England in August.
A psychobiologist by training, Stewart has been at Washington and Lee University for 14 years, recently serving as associate and then interim dean before returning to academics. While dean, she became fascinated with the inner workings of administration. At that time, her organization was dysfunctional, with a high rate of turnover at the presidential, dean and associate dean levels. During that period, people started reporting to her that they were having problems with their bosses.
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The problems were in many different areas, but most were centered around counterproductive workplace behaviors, which created systemic dysfunction. Intrigued, Stewart began to explore the structure and design of academics and how they might contribute to dysfunction.
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