Meta-Method of workplace bullying studies (Published papers in Iran)

More than a decade has passed since the bullying entered the literature of Iran's organization, and many researches have been conducted. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the studies of workplace bullying in Iranian society. Therefore, all the researches of the society in question have been studied and researched in terms of methodology. This research is development oriented and the method of data collection is library study. The statistical population of the research is all articles published in domestic scientific-research journals on the topic of workplace bullying, which includes 32 studies. Also for sampling, all elements of the society were investigated. This study was conducted in the six months of autumn and winter of 1401, and articles with the title of workplace bullying, organizational bullying, and occupational bullying in terms of 8 parameters, including: Frequency of researches in each year, specialized field of researchers, organizational affiliation of researches, research approach, data analysis method, data collection tools, antecedents and consequences of bullying, and the studied work environment., have been examined. Also, since the beginning of bullying in the organizational literature of the current society, the years 1398 & 1400 have contained the most researches, and Islamic Azad University has been the leader, with ten published researches. Finally, according of the study, it is suggested that the researches be conducted with a qualitative, meta-analysis and meta-synthesis approach so that the consequences and antecedents of this type of behavior can be better and more understood in the current culture.