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Item WORKPLACE BULLYING AMONG ACADEMICIANS A COMPARATIVE STUDY(UMT, Lahore, 2011) SAIMA AHMADWorkplace bullying has received increased attention of researchers from the developed countries over the last decade. However, there is little academic research on workplace bullying in developing countries and literally none among highly qualified academicians from developing south Asia. This study aims to explore the prevalence and forms of bullying in a sample of Pakistani university academicians. Relation of demographic variables and bullying behaviors are examined in this study. The nature and role of work environment on the prevalence of bullying and work absenteeism as a potential consequence of bullying are also investigated in this study. The study sample consisted of 380 academicians from the various universities of Punjab (Pakistani Province). The response rate was 57%. Data on workplace bullying prevalence has been measured by using both direct and indirect methods. Academicians with the indirect method indicate a considerably higher incidence of bullying (47.7%) in universities. With direct method only 4.7% academicians acknowledged to have been bullied weekly or more often. Majority of the bullies are seniors. Demographic variables such as age and gender do not seem to have an impact on the incidence of bullying in this study. Association of work absenteeism as a likely consequence of bullying has further been established in this study.