The Dark Side of Organizations and Organizational Behavior

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the dark side of organizations and of organizational behavior. These issues, which are object of recent study, are considered to be emerging theoretical perspectives due to their inclusiveness of multiple variables, organizational problems and behaviors that were previously studied separately. By the dark side of organizations we mean the set of negative effects caused by, arising or resulting from the organizations, by the organizations or based on them. The negative effects caused by organizations are aimed at individuals or members of those organizations, society and environment. The dark side of organizational behavior, for its part, is defined as negative behaviors motivated by an employee or a group of employees and which carry negative consequences for the employee, group of employees or the organization itself. The analysis and study of both issues are of vital importance for organizations due to their negative effects on the occupational health of employees, their wellbeing and life quality at work