The meta-analysis of organisational deviant behaviours research: past, present, and future

PurposeThis study aims to reach a perception of the advance of research on deviant organisational behaviours. Design/methodology/approachThis research has been done through the text mining method. By reviewing, the papers were selected 360 papers between 1984 and 2020. Based on the Davis-Boldin index, 11 optimal clusters were gained. Then the roots were ranked in any group, using the Simple Additive Weighting technique. Data were analysed by RapidMiner and MATLAB software. FindingsAccording to the results obtained, clusters are included leadership styles, job attitudes, spirituality in the workplace, work psychology, personality characteristics, classification and management of deviant workplace behaviours, service and customer orientation, deviation in sales, psychological contracts, group dynamics and inappropriate supervision. Originality/valueThis study provides a landscape and roadmap for future investigation on deviant organisational behaviours.