A Meta-analysis of the Drivers and Barriers of Hypocritical Behavior in the Organizations: An Investigation of the Iranian Organizations

When the employees of an organization behave in a way incompatible with their own real attitude, they are conducting hypocritical behavior. Studies conducted to identify factors affecting such deviant behaviors are not integrated and do not provide an integrated result. Hence, this research is aimed at conducting a meta-analysis of previous studies on the drivers and barriers of hypocritical behavior of Iranian organizations. As a result of this investigation, 28 related documents were found, 13 of which were confirmed to be analyzed based on meta-analysis criteria. The results indicated that only three variables of communication network, evaluation system, and control center, with P values greater than 5%, were reported to have no effect on hypocritical behavior in the organization. Furthermore, the variables of narcissism and organizational gossips, with the effect size of 0.625 and 0.330 respectively, explained the highest and the smallest percentage of changes in hypocritical behavior in the organization.