When Resource Precedes Human in Organizational Behaviour: A Systematic Review on Organizational Dehumanization

Organizational dehumanization expresses the perceptions of the employees regarding that fact they are being treated as resources or property of the organization rather than humans by the organization. The present study intended to examine the effects of organizational dehumanization on the organization and its employees through systematic review. In the study, the data was collected by searching the keywords determined in Turkish and English in the Web of Science, Pubmed, Ulakbim, Science Direct, and Springer Link databases. 23 studies were included in the scope of the research. As a result of the study, it was concluded that organizational dehumanization negatively affects the employees and thus the organizations. In addition, the study observed that there were scarcely any studies regarding organizational dehumanization in the national literature, and the performance of studies on the subject with different sample groups was suggested.