The mediating role of burnout in toxic leadership and intention to leave

This thesis aims to examine the effect of employees perceptions of toxic leadership on their intention to quit at work and seeks to determine the mediator role of burnout in the effect of employees toxic leadership perceptions on their intention to leave. Also, the concepts of leadership and toxic leadership are firstly discussed in the study. Then, the concepts of burnout and intention to leave are explained. In the last part of the study, the results of the research conducted with white-collar employees in the European side of Istanbul in order to determine the mediating role of burnout in the effect of employees perceptions of toxic leadership on their intention to leave are included. Research data was collected using surveys designed to assess toxic leadership, burnout and intention to leave at the workplace. SPSS program is used to analyze the data obtained. Factor analysis, normality test, t test, Pearson correlation analysis and regression analyzes were used in the analysis of the research data. As a result of the research, it has been determined that the perceptions of toxic leadership of employees are related to burnout and intention to leave. Additionally, it was concluded that the perception of toxic leadership has a statistically significant and positive effect on the intention to leave. Finally, it has been observed that burnout has a partial mediating role in the effect of toxic leadership perception on the intention to leave.