Posted on June 25th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following:
Persistence
Persistence
A defining aspect of a toxic academic work environment is whether or not the behavior persists. Are you experiencing a situation that even after talking with someone about particular behaviors, attitudes, or something else, the person persists – or it even [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following:
Severity
Severity
The severity is a key issue to take a look at. When someone murmurs “Oh gosh, I can’t believe we’ve got this meeting again” or, “Who made her queen?” or similar statements that sometimes people make, that’s not that the end [...]
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Posted on June 22nd, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following:
Loss of good people
Loss of good people
In a toxic environment, you also start to notice that you’re losing good people. Either you lose them altogether or you keep them physically but you lose them mentally and emotionally. Administrators must pay attention [...]
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Posted on June 21st, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following:
Effect on employees, students, public, &/or shareholders
Effect on employees, students, public, &/or shareholders
Another defining aspect is the effect that the rudeness, fear, or negativity is having. When it has a deleterious effect on the people who work in a department, in [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
A teacher who signed up for Patricia Hutchings’ teleseminar, “Why Be Wiped Out at Work?” sent in the question below ahead of time. Although Patricia addressed it in the teleseminar, I wanted to add some additional thoughts for the blog:
I’d like to know how to cope with working in a school environment where I am never [...]
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Posted on April 16th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
A question that came in from someone who downloaded the “Antioxidants for a Toxic Academic Work Environment” teleseminar sent in this question:
I enjoyed your workshop, and felt validated in my approach when I heard your examples of assertiveness. I’d like to ask if I should use the “When you do X, I feel Y” approach [...]
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