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Incivility in Academe: Strategies for Managing High-Performing Instigators
Journal of Business and Educational Leadership
  • Feruzan Irani Williams, Georgia Southern University
  • Constance Campbell, Georgia Southern University
  • Luther T. Denton, Georgia Southern University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract

In this study, we examined strategies in use for managing the uncivil behavior of instigators who are high performers (HPIs). Using semi-structured interviews, we spoke with University Department Chairs regarding the productive and the unproductive strategies they used to manage HPIs. The themes that emerged from the data through open coding indicated that the best possible outcome of managing HPIs is not eradication of incivility, but containment and management, using techniques such as paying special attention to the instigator and their work assignments and administering sanctions.

Citation Information
Feruzan Irani Williams, Constance Campbell and Luther T. Denton. "Incivility in Academe: Strategies for Managing High-Performing Instigators" Journal of Business and Educational Leadership Vol. 4 Iss. 1 (2013) p. 148 - 159
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/luther_denton/37/