Vicarious Bullying and Career Progression of African American Women Academics: An Integrative Literature Review

McKinney, Laurenda; Halkias, Daphne; Hollis, Leah P.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3916282

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“…For example, women experience overt sexism in subject areas that are regarded to be traditionally masculine (e.g., engineering, Powell et al., 2009; business, Kelan & Jones, 2010). Marginalization is intersectional, and folks embodying several marginalized intersecting identities (e.g., women of color, LGBTQ+ academics, disabled women) encounter additional discrimination in academia (e.g., Boustani & Taylor, 2020; Brown & Leigh, 2018; McKinney et al., 2021; Ozturk & Rumens, 2014). Toxic academia has, indeed, been deemed a culture of cruelty (Mahmoudi & Keashly, 2021) in which systems of oppression, including sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and racism flourish.…”

Section: Men‐toring: Maintaining and Reproducing The Status Quomentioning

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“…McKinney et al. (2021) further note how, “the person with more power controls the dominant culture and sets the stage for access, fairness, and career advancement” (p. 21). Indeed, Simpson and Cohen (2004) point out how bullies exploit “official hierarchies, mentoring systems and probationary reviews to further their abuse of the target and to conceal their aggressive intent” (p. 163) [emphasis added].…”

Section: Men‐toring: Maintaining and Reproducing The Status Quomentioning

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Femme‐toring: Leveraging critical femininities and femme theory to cultivate alternative approaches to mentoring

Hoskin

Whiley

2023

Gender Work & Organization

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Both traditional and new-wave mentoring (or men-toring), intentionally or unintentionally, maintain and reproduce neoliberal toxic masculinist norms in academia. By applying femme theory and critical femininities frameworks, we expose how men-toring is exclusionary and assimilationist. We then queer and feminize mentoring, developing femme-toring as an alternative reformist approach rooted in fem(me)inist epistemologies and ethics of care, in particular, softness, vulnerability, collaboration, and yielding. Leveraging systems theory and Foucauldian theory, we contend that by centering femininity in these ways, femme-toring unsettles toxic masculinist norms and offers possibilities for a more inclusive academia.

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Section: Men‐toring: Maintaining and Reproducing The Status Quomentioning

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Section: Men‐toring: Maintaining and Reproducing The Status Quomentioning

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Femme‐toring: Leveraging critical femininities and femme theory to cultivate alternative approaches to mentoring

Hoskin

Whiley

2023

Gender Work & Organization

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Spotting and Addressing Bullies’ “Sticky” Storytelling: Serendipitous Findings of a Mixed-Methods Study

Howard,

Embree,

Kennison

et al. 2024

J Interpers Violence

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Telling stories is central to lived experience, a mechanism for emotionally engaging the storyteller and listeners. For the storyteller, telling stories is a powerful way of bolstering social cooperation. For listeners, stories support sensemaking, or the subconscious ability to rationalize the actions witnessed or heard. The investigators’ previous research demonstrated workplace bullies’ skills in telling stories. Findings of that work highlighted the ways bullies use a tone of voice and body language to make the stories they tell—whether those stories comprise brief one-liners or ongoing diatribes—hard to resist. Bullies’ stories are not always factually accurate. They often solicit substantial social cooperation from stakeholders around the workplace. Most significantly, and of most salience in regard to this study, bullies’ stories, while delivered with a particular style or flair, readily come to define listener perspective despite their often intentionally misleading content. This study tested the utility of a novel intervention designed to help listeners who believe the implications of bullies’ stories—that is, those who are victimized—to recognize the often self-defeating impact of bullies’ narrative affronts. Findings indicated that the study’s primary intervention did not demonstrate the effect intended by the investigators. However, the findings emphasize the significance of acknowledging the impact of bullies’ storytelling on the thoughts and feelings of the individuals they target. It underscores the necessity for providing assistance and empathy to those who have experienced bullying while also considering the significance of the work environment, communication dynamics, and administrative measures in shaping the experiences of those affected by bullying. The findings emerged as an unexpected and valuable discovery that might define a research focus worthy of future consideration and suggest appropriate interventions for workplace administrators.

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Vicarious Bullying and Career Progression of African American Women Academics: An Integrative Literature Review

Cited by 2 publications

References 53 publications

Femme‐toring: Leveraging critical femininities and femme theory to cultivate alternative approaches to mentoring

Femme‐toring: Leveraging critical femininities and femme theory to cultivate alternative approaches to mentoring

Spotting and Addressing Bullies’ “Sticky” Storytelling: Serendipitous Findings of a Mixed-Methods Study

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