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Destructive organizational behaviors are emerging in various forms. Organizational bullying, with negative effects on work environments, directly and negatively affects people's health and imposes a high cost on the organization and results in a reduction in productivity. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to investigate the role of organizational bullying in occupational psychological characteristics (job engagement, job stress and job insecurity). This research is applied and descriptive - correlation method was used. The statistical population of queue staff was divided into five service organizations with 800 individual. The sample was determined according to the Morgan table and stage sampling method of 261. Data collected by questionnaire which its validity and reliability were confirmed and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.849. Results of tentative analysis and data analysis by structural equation modeling showed that organizational bullying has a positive effect on job stress and job insecurity in employees. Also, the results showed that organizational bullying reduced job engagement among employees

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