Bullying as intra-active process in neoliberal universities

0366226 - PSÚ 2012 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Zábrodská, Kateřina - Sheridan, L. - Cath, L. - Bronwyn, D.
Bullying as intra-active process in neoliberal universities.
Qualitative Inquiry. Roč. 17, č. 8 (2011), s. 709-719. ISSN 1077-8004. E-ISSN 1552-7565
R&D Projects: GA ČR GPP407/10/P146
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70250504
Keywords : intra-action * neoliberal university * workplace bullying
Subject RIV: AN - Psychology
Impact factor: 0.839, year: 2011

The reformed neoliberal universities, with their micromanagement of ever-increasing productivity, competitiveness, and individualization, have recently been described as unhealthy institutions, creating conditions that incite incivility, workplace bullying, and other forms of employee abuse. In this article, the authors employ collective biography as a form of “diffractive methodology” in order to provide new, theoretically driven insights into workplace bullying in neoliberal universities. Drawing on the concepts of intra-activity and performativity, the authors examine bullying in universities as an intra-active process that informs and is informed by the desire of an individual to be recognized and to perform as a viable academic subject—one who is professional, flexible, and accountable within a neoliberal environment.
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