The effect of leadership style on bureau pathologies: A research on food industry employees in Karaman province

Leadership is a process, a phenomenon, and training for improvements to lead to their development, learning, and training. In this context, it is only possible for organizations led by good leaders to succeed in the global world where environmental changes are experienced rapidly and the speed of development of technology has increased so much. The frequent emergence of managerial pathologies in today's organizations makes managerial pathologies important and current in the field of management and organization. Organizations that cannot cope with managerial pathologies are unlikely to be successful. For this reason, it is important to manage these possible pathologies correctly with a good leadership style. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of leadership style on managerial pathologies. In order to do this, white-collar employees of seven food businesses operating in the province of Karaman were selected as a sample, face-to-face survey technique was used in the relevant sample, and the data obtained were analyzed through SPSS 22.0 and Smart PLS programs. Percentage and frequency analyzes were performed by entering demographic variables into the SPSS 22.0 program. Within the scope of the research, the data were analyzed with Smart PLS 3.8 (Partial Least Squares) structural equation modeling in order to reveal whether the leadership style has an effect on managerial pathologies. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that the leadership style was effective on managerial pathologies, and 10 hypotheses were accepted in the relevant sample. In this context, it is possible to conclude that the purpose of the research has been achieved.