The Phenomenography of Sectarianism’s Consequences in Organizations of Public Sector

Diversity in the workplace provides opportunities for developing organizations. But not only is this capacity sometimes used in organizations, in some countries it also includes pests such as sectarianism in organization. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of employees from public organizations in Herat, Afghanistan –a proper context for sectarianism in a an effected counry by such a phenomenon, to gain diverse understandings about consequences of sectarianism in the organization through a phenomenography. Research participants were 24 employees from 16 mentioned organizations that were invited to the research project through typical sampling until theoretical saturation. The method of data collection was in-depth interviews. Maxqda software was used for data analysis. Based on the findings of the study, five different viewpoints toward the consequences of sectarianism in the organization were found, namely, in-parties’ anti-norm actions, out-parties’ frustrations and passive actions, conflicting interpersonal communication, organizational dysfunctions, and public distrust. Subsequently, based on their level of complexity, the classes were placed on a hierarchy with five levels (in-parties actions, Out-parties’ actions, individual, interpersonal communication, organization, and external environment of organization) and shaped the hierarchical outcome space for different ways of perceiving the consequences of the phenomenon of sectarianism in the organization.