Leveling the Prevention Strategies of Human Resource Gaslighting (Psychological Manipulation) in Public Organizations Using ISM Method

Mousavi Zadeh, Seyedeh Maryam; Shariatnejad, Ali; Mousavi, Seyed Najmeddin; Arefnezhad, Mohsen

doi:10.22059/jomc.2026.411196.1008967

Leveling the Prevention Strategies of Human Resource Gaslighting (Psychological Manipulation) in Public Organizations Using ISM Method

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Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Seyedeh Maryam Mousavi Zadeh

Ali Shariatnejad

Seyed Najmeddin Mousavi

Mohsen Arefnezhad

Department of Management, Faculty of Management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

10.22059/jomc.2026.411196.1008967

Abstract

This research is applied in terms of purpose and sequential exploratory in terms of data collection method, and has a deductive-inductive research philosophy. The statistical population of the expert research included employees of public organizations in Lorestan province, including public universities in Lorestan province, and university professors, who were selected using purposive sampling and based on the principle of theoretical saturation, 25 of them. The data collection tool in the qualitative part is an interview, and in the quantitative part is a questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the tools in this study were confirmed using Lincoln and Guba's qualitative validation criteria. In this study, the content analysis method was used to analyze the data in the qualitative part, and the Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) method was used in the quantitative part. In this study, the qualitative findings identify the prevention strategies for human resource gaslighting (psychological manipulation) in public organizations, and the quantitative findings are related to the leveling of these strategies. Accordingly, the prevention strategies for human resource gaslighting (psychological manipulation) in public organizations are classified into 4 levels: structural and cultural infrastructures, monitoring and support systems, reforming management systems and empowerment, and operational results and consequences.

Keywords

Psychological manipulation

gaslighting

human resources gaslighting

Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM)

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