Meta-Analyzing of Workplace Bullying Antecedents and Consequences

Today, one of the most important challenges of organizational behavior is the Personnel bullying in the workplace. Accordingly, the aim of present study is to identify of workplace Bullying antecedents and consequences through the meta-analysis of existing researches in this field. This research is an applied one in terms objective, descriptive in terms of research type, and quantitative in terms of data nature. The Statistical population of the study includes 146 valid internal and external papers, 18 of which were evaluated using judgment method. The criteria for selection of articles include using valid research method, surveying of Bullying antecedents and consequences, and the empirical research, which it has been analyzed using the CMA2 software. Identification reliability was obtained by the referees’ agreement on the selection of researches and classification. The coding reliability was obtained by referees’ agreement for use of specific concepts for coding the variables, and also the reliability of the significance level and effect size are obtained by agreeing to calculate the effect size of between the two Meta analysts. The results showed that the most important antecedents of workplace bullying include Stress, Organizational silence, HR management, Machiavellian character and Job demand; also the most important consequences of workplace bullying include Stress, Turnover Intentions, Negative affectivity and Burnout.