I wondered if people have examples of strategies and helpful ways to think through bullying and mobbing behaviors used by academic researchers and staff. I am wondering if these are more common in some cultures or widely prevalent.
what kinds of stances help and what kinds aggravates such practices and behaviors?
Dear Manasi Kumar,
Thank you for bringing this issue to an open discussion. Bullying in academic research is widely prevalent. In India, the demeaning attitude of senior researchers is a threat to potential young minds. Public dissertation defenses, in most of the cases, in countries like India, turn out to be a public humiliation, rather than people trying to understand the ideas in a thesis. Individually, every time I stood up against such bullies, I was cornered and harassed more; Other researchers are scared to join hands hence. This discussion needs expert advise.
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