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In this hyper-competitive environment, bullying becomes a strategic tool for resource accumulation. Senior faculty may bully junior colleagues to assert dominance over research areas or to maintain control over departmental governance. The "publish or perish" mentality exacerbates this stress, creating a pressure cooker where aggression is viewed as a byproduct of high standards rather than a failure of professional conduct. Furthermore, the administrative bloat of modern universities has created a power imbalance. Faculty are increasingly managed as employees rather than treated as partners, leading to a "managerial bullying" style where top-down mandates silence dissent and undermine academic autonomy. academic violence and bullying of faculty epub