As a co-organizer and a founder of the conference in 2024, I was privileged to address the assembly on this year's opening morning, in a panel that reviewed, "What Was Learned Last Year."
The panel also comprised my friends and colleagues, Eve Seguin, University of Quebec in Montreal; Peter Wylie, University of British Columbia; Kenneth Westhues, University of Waterloo; and Caroline Crawford, University of Houston Clear Lake, chair. Dr. Qingli Meng was again the brilliant conference organizer in Niagara.
I will share more from the conference when videos are posted.
Meanwhile, I'm pleased to celebrate the launch of the Journal of Workplace Mobbing. The journal is an online, open source. Here is the table of contents of volume 1, number 1, comprising selected papers from the 2024 conference.
- Qingli Meng, Foreword, Honoring the Pioneers
- Kenneth Westhues, Address, Top Twenty Takeaways from Research on Workplace Mobbing
- Qingli Meng, Workplace Mobbing vs. Workplace Bullying: Understanding the Distinction
- Janice Harper, The Brave New World at Work: From the MeToo Movement to Donald Trump, Political Litmus Tests Transform the Workplace
- Ann Marie Flynn, Executive Action as the Cure: The Essential Role of University Leadership in Mobbing Prevention
- Frances Widdowson, Mobbing and Wokeism: Experience and Analysis
- Peter Wylie, Shoot the Messenger: A Personal Account of Academic Mobbing
Here is the ISSN-registered Journal's "About":
Journal of Workplace Mobbing is a cognitive, intellectual, scholarly, and academic platform dedicated to the rigorous study of workplace mobbing. As the first refereed, open access journal focused exclusively on this phenomenon, this interdisciplinary journal serves as a critical space for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to explore the complexities of mobbing.
We invite scholars to actively engage in this critical academic discourse, contributing to the advancement of knowledge, the deepening of global awareness and understanding of workplace mobbing, and the development of informed policies and effective interventions—ultimately fostering healthier, more equitable, and just workplace environments.
Authors can find guidelines and submission instructions here.
Here is the journal editorial team:
- Senior Editorial Advisor: Kenneth Westhues, Sociology, Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Editor-in-Chief: Qingli Meng, Criminology, Niagara University, USA
- Lead Editor: Richard Peltz-Steele, Law, University of Massachusetts, USA
- Managing Editor: Peter Wylie, Socioeconomics, Retired, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada
- Editorial Advisory Board:
- Emily Godbey, Art History, Retired, Iowa State University, USA
- Janice Harper, Anthropology, Independent Scholar, USA
- Gorazd Meško, Criminology, University of Maribor, Slovenia
- Florencia Peña, Anthropology, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico
- Stephen Petrina, Educational Technology Support, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Copy Editor: Martin Sawma, Sociology, Mellen University
