Effect of toxic leadership behavior on organizational silence

In this thesis, which consists of three main sections, toxic leaderships behavior's effects on the organizational silence were analyzed. Quantitative research method was used in the study. The study was carried out by the academic staff of a Foundation University in Turkey and total of 254 people have participated in it. Quota sampling model was used in the study. Schmidt's (2008) "Toxic Leadership Scale" was used in the study. Turkish translation of this scale was obtained from Murat Yalçın Kırca's dissertation titled "Çalışanlardaki Toksik Liderlik Algısının Örgütsel Sessizlik ve İş Motivasyonu Üzerindeki Etkisi: Pozitif Psikolojik Sermayenin Düzenleyici Rolü" (Employees' Toxic Leadership Perception's Effect on Organizational Silence and Motivation to Work: Regulatory Role of Positive Psychological Capital). Organizational Silence scale of the study was obtained from Ebru Erdoğan's master's thesis titled "Etkili Liderlik Örgütsel Sessizlik ve Performans İlişkisi" (Relationship Between Effective Leadership, Organizational Silence, and Performance). Factor analysis, correlation analysis, reliability test, and regression analysis were applied when analyzing the data. In the first section; concepts of leader and leadership were defined and leadership theories and approaches were emphasized. Concept of leadership has been given importance since the start of history and many opinions have been expressed, however, it's value and importance were taken to much greater heights as more studies were conducted on the matter. Leadership concept, which consists of guiding and setting an example for people and playing an important role in managing masses, was studied in various categories in time and certain styles of leadership were introduced. In this study, concept of toxic leadership was analyzed and the components and characteristics of this concept were explained. In the second section; organizational silence, factors that cause organizational silence, types of organizational silence, and theories on organizational silence were analyzed. Studies were conducted on the problems introduced with organizational silence, emergence of organizational silence, and this concept's growing importance and effects on organizations and their structures in time. Research was made on the factors that cause organizational silence, different attitudes assumed by individuals in organizational silence, and how to overcome organizational silence. In the third section; research findings were analyzed and evaluations were carried out according to the derived results. According to these findings, it was determined that toxic leadership and its sub-dimensions had a positive and significant relationship with organizational silence.