The relationship between organi̇zati̇onal silence, emotional commitment and task performance of toxic leadership perception

The skills and talents of employees who create value for organizations to maintain their effectiveness and productivity are undoubtedly the most essential resources for organizations. The quality of the attitude and behavior of the leader on her followers in the emergence of all abstract values of organizations as products and services is very important in the effectiveness of this process.The harmony and communication between the manager and the follower plays a role in the performance of the organizations and the effective use of other resources. When all the literature studies conducted to the present day are examined, it is observed that the focus is on the positive attitudes and behaviors of the leaders. However, the extent to which the negative leader has an impact on the organization is equally important. In fact, according to the results of some studies, the destructive effect of negative leadership behavior for the organization is more than the constructive effect of positive leadership behavior. İn this study, the relationship between Toxic Leadership Perception, Employee Silence, Employee Emotional Commitment and Task Performance, which is an obstacle to organizational goals and objectives, was investigated.For this purpose, a questionnaire was applied to the employees of nine public and private hospitals in Istanbul with face to face interview method and analyzed on 507 valid questionnaires.At the end of the study, the mediating effect of Organizational Silence was not observed in explaining the relationship between Toxic Leadership and Task Performance. However, Emotional Commitment has a full mediating effect in this relationship. On the other hand, a partial mediating effect of Emotional Commitment has emerged on the relationship between Organizatinal Silence and Performance.