RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOXIC LEADERSHIP AND ORGANISATIONAL SILENCE: THE ROLE OF TRUST IN THE ORGANISATION
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Toksik liderlik, örgütsel sessizlik, örgütsel güvenAbstract
It has been revealed in leadership studies that leaders play an important role in the success of organisations. However, the studies mostly address and examine the bright side of leadership. It is seen that the number of studies on leadership styles that contain negativities in terms of organisational results and employees is quite low. Accordingly, this study was conducted to examine the effect of toxic leadership, which is expressed as the dark side of leadership, on organisational silence and the role of trust in this effect. In this direction, a survey-based research was conducted on Syrian nationals in Hatay province. A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed for the study and 354 questionnaires were returned. Data were collected according to simple random sampling method. As a result of the research, it was determined that toxic leadership positively affects organisational silence and negatively affects organisational trust. In addition, it was determined that trust in the organisation has a mediating role in the effect of toxic leadership on organisational silence. The results obtained in the study were compared with the studies in the literature and similar and different aspects were evaluated. The research brings a different perspective to the field of leadership in terms of examining the dark side of leadership.
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