Shaffakat, S, Vongswasdi, P, Stewart, J and Otaye-Ebede, L (2024) Exploring Organizational Processes that Enable Contrapower Harassment in Academia. In: Academy of Management Proceedings , 2024 (1). (Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 9th Aug - 13th Aug 2024, Chicago).

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Abstract

This paper investigates the phenomenon of 'contrapower harassment' in UK higher education sector where students exert undue influence and hostility towards their educators. The research examines how neoliberal ideologies and the commodification of education have led to a shift in the power dynamics, enabling such harassment. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with faculty members from various UK universities, the study uncovers the various forms and impacts of this harassment, and importantly identifies the key institutional processes embedded in the UK higher education system that facilitate it. The findings also illustrate how academics and university staff accommodate this new power relations and hostile work environment. This study contributes to the discourse on the challenges faced by academics in a neoliberal educational environment and provides rich empirical insight into a growing, yet rarely-discussed aspect of academic life. These insights are important at a time when university claim academic well-being while undermining it in practice.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Harrassment; Higher Education
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001 Business
Divisions:	Liverpool Business School
Publisher:	Academy of Management
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	07 Aug 2024 15:24
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2024 14:43
DOI or ID number:	10.5465/AMPROC.2024.21361abstract
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23891

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