If you want to get into academia because you think there will be less organisational politics, Berkley warns it may be worse than the corporate world
“Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.”
It’s a well known saying, but is it true? My non-academia friends complain about office politics and cliques much more than those who stayed in academia.
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If you want to get into academia because you think there will be less organisational politics, Berkley warns it may be worse than the corporate world
“Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low.”
It’s a well known saying, but is it true? My non-academia friends complain about office politics and cliques much more than those who stayed in academia.