The Analysis of the Antecedent and Consequences of destructive behaviors of employees with an emphasis on supporting theories(meta synthesis method)

In addition to human life, the suffering and pain caused by destructive behavior has penetrated into organizational life as well. The purpose of this research is to analyze the antecedent and consequent factors of destructive behavior of employees in the organization.

This research was conducted in the framework of a qualitative approach and using a meta-combination method with a systematic approach and the seven-step method of Sandelowski and Barroso. The statistical population under study includes all domestic and foreign researches published in the field of destructive behaviors, bad behaviors and supporting theories (from 2012 to 2022). In this regard, the keywords related to the purpose of the research were searched, and finally, 101 articles that met the inclusion criteria were analyzed using the three-stage coding method (open, central, selective) through MAXQDA software, were analyzed.

Based on the selected articles and surveys, 159 indicators were categorized in the form of 18 sub-dimensions and 6 main dimensions. The antecedents of destructive behavior of employees in three categories of individual factors (personality characteristics, suspicious attitude, collusive motivation, weakness perception, social rejection), group factors (repulsive leadership, humiliating atmosphere, friction-oriented attitudes, structural weakness), environmental factors (threat-oriented policies, upstream pressure and extra-organizational contracts) and the results of destructive behaviors with three categories of cognitive-emotional factors. Tendency to deviance, ambiguity, institutionalized pessimism) physical-motor factors (neuro-muscular tics, weak brain function and memory loss) behavioral factors (autocratic-authoritarian behavior, anti-productive behavior, harmful behaviors) were extracted.

Researchers in the field of organizational behavior can take positive and efficient steps by considering these factors in order to identify and reduce the destructive behaviors of employees.