Organizational Hypocrisy: A Detail Content Analysis

Organizational hypocrisy is when people and managers in the workplace show or claim to have feelings, thoughts, values, virtues and characteristics that they do not have. It is also the fact that individuals show themselves to other colleagues, managers and individuals in the society as different from what they are known, what they believe and what they are. Based on all these relations, the concept of hypocrisy can lead to a decrease in trust in organizations, negative attitudes and behaviors in the organizational climate, feelings of burnout of employees and a desire to leave the organization. The concept of organizational hypocrisy is becoming an important concept for businesses. For this reason, the aim of the study is to examine the studies in the literature on organizational hypocrisy. Descriptive content analysis method was used as the research method of the study. For this purpose, the articles and thesis studies that were researched and reached between 2003-2023 were examined. A total of 40 studies were reached between the relevant years. The contents of these studies in the literature and obtained were analyzed and interpreted. As a result of the research, it is seen that organizational hypocrisy is found in education, production/retail, textile, banking and sports organizations. In addition, as a result of the research, organizational hypocrisy, organizational gossip, organizational happiness, cynicism, organizational trust, organizational citizenship, organizational support, organizational legitimacy, organizational silence, workplace spirituality, etc. concepts have been affected. In addition, it was concluded that organizational hypocrisy was more effective on organizational commitment.