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Organizational Dehumanization of Nurses: A Systematic Review

, Maral Abbasi Arkhlo, Fatemeh Hajibabaee, · Iran Journal of Nursing · 2026

Background & Aims Nurses often face long work shifts and mandatory overtime imposed by hospitals, violating productivity laws. This treatment leads to a sense of being viewed as mere tools, contributing to organizational dehumanization (ODH), where employees feel objectified and easily replaceable by their organization. The present study aims to review studies on nurses’ ODH to examine how nurses perceive the contributing factors and consequences of this phenomenon. Materials & Methods This is a comprehensive systematic review that involved searching relevant articles published in Persian or English from 2012 to 2024 using keywords such as Dehumanization, Nursing management, Nurse, and Organization and Boolean operators (OR and AND) in national and international databases including Magiran, IranMedex, Scientific Information Database (SID), IranDoc, PubMed, ProQuest, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science. Results The initial search yielded 73 articles. After carefully screening titles and abstracts, ensuring access to full texts, and removing duplicates, 6 articles in English were selected for review. No relevant articles in Persian were identified. There were five qua

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