“…Research on bullying in other workplaces as well as evidence that workplace bullying tracks (Leymann, 1996); NAQ-R, Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (Einarsen et al, 2009); GWHQ, Generalized Workplace Harassment Questionnaire (Rospenda & Richman, 2004); WAR-Q, Workplace Aggression Research Questionnaire (Neuman & Keashly, 2004) a Multiple responses permitted broader societal trends on violence suggests that workplace bullying in academe in these countries is quite likely (e.g. Kawabata, 2014;Schafferer & Szanajda, 2013;Van de Vliert, Einarsen, & Nielsen, 2013;Zhang, 2017). In Japan, for example, "power harassment" (power hara) is considered a serious problem affecting approximately 25% of the working population (Roberts, 2014).…”