A Brief Guide to Academic Bullying

Targets of bullying are often the most vulnerable members of the scientific workforce?

ۥthey may be low-paid graduate students or postdocs, living in a foreign country, navigating a foreign language and culture, and whose immigration status is tied directly to their employment.

They may also have young families, be living paycheck-to-paycheck, and have health insurance and other benefits that depend on a contract position that can be revoked with little to no notice or cause.

Finally, targets on the low end of a power differential are not likely to be supported by their institutions, particularly institutions that rely on the big grant earnings brought in by senior ?

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€ This book is a brief guide to the causes of academic bullying and to their solutions.