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. 2023 Dec 9;1(1):38.
doi: 10.1038/s44271-023-00044-7.

Counteracting deliberate ignorance of academic bullying and harassment

Konstantin Offer  1   2   3 , Zoe Rahwan  4 , Ralph Hertwig  4
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Counteracting deliberate ignorance of academic bullying and harassment

Konstantin Offer et al. Commun Psychol. .

Abstract

Bullying and harassment are pervasive in academia, with many cases going unreported. One possible factor may be deliberate ignorance among perpetrators and bystanders. A number of interventions counteracting deliberate ignorance could contribute to thriving research environments.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Fig. 1. Deliberate ignorance of academic bullying and harassment.
Psychological motives for deliberate ignorance of academic bullying and harassment in (a) bystanders and (b) perpetrators. Although perpetrators are depicted here as having a higher status than targets and bystanders (downward bullying), other hierarchical configurations are possible. Less typically, perpetrators may have a similar or lower status than targets, and bystanders may have a similar or higher status than perpetrators. Thus subordinates can also be perpetrators in cases of upward bullying. These hierarchical dynamics are expected to differentially affect the psychological motives for deliberate ignorance.
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