“…It has a high prevalence in academia (Keashly and Neuman, 2010;Twale and DeLuca, 2008). In a very recent study, Akella and Eid (2020) revealed that an uncivil workplace environment existed rife with rudeness and condescending behaviors in academic institutions. In the teaching profession, failure to handle interpersonal relations and communications appropriately result in conflicts, discord, generation of feelings of jealousy, revenge, and anger (Hubert and Van Veldhoven, 2001;McElveen et al, 2006).…”