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Questions tagged [colleagues]

Questions relating to colleagues in an academic setting.

From wikipedia

Colleagues are those explicitly united in a common purpose and respecting each other's abilities to work toward that purpose. A colleague is an associate in a profession or in a civil or ecclesiastical office.

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How to deal with a colleague who won't accept they're wrong

Sometimes an argument will arise between collaborators where two (or more) contrasted views or (mis)interpretations of a scientific issue exist. Sometimes both views are partially correct, sometimes they're both incorrect, and sometimes one is…
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Strategies for dealing/interacting with a colleague who have suffered from academic burnout

There are quite a few question aiming at or hinting towards avoiding academic burn-out, but I couldn't come across one that targets interaction with a colleague that has suffered from a serious burn-out, which can be very tricky as I am learning…
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What rate of faculty turnover is healthy?

What is considered a reasonable rate for faculty turnover in a "healthy" department? How much turnover is too much/little? Presumably the rates might depend on seniority. Does departmental turnover tell you anything about your colleagues?
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What to do when you plan to submit a paper and a senior colleague is independently pursuing the same research idea?

I am an assistant professor in a business discipline. A couple of months ago, I came across (through casual chat) that a senior colleague of mine plans to pursue a research idea that I myself was also planning to pursue. I asked whether I could join…
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How do you console colleagues that that attribute a bad experience to gender/race/disability?

There are some comments that appear on this SE as well as frequently on the academic subreddits, that mention how to deal with some situation because of personal trait X. Here is just generally one such example: How do you handle students who speak…
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