Exploring the Process of Hypocritical Behaviors in Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace Using Grounded Theory

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the process of “Hypocritical behaviors in interpersonal communication in the workplace” using grounded theory’s systematic design. In this regard by doing an open interview with 25 employees of a public organization, a group of initial themes were collected through a coding process and some categories were extracted from them. Then, in the phase of axial coding, the link between these categories were determined in the form of coding paradigm under titles of causal conditions, core phenomenon, mutual action/reaction strategies, intervening conditions, and the consequences of hypocritical behaviors in interpersonal communication. In the selective coding phase the elements of coding paradigm were described, the story line was sketched out, and the theory was generated. Finally, we developed propositions and strategic hypotheses.