The effect of toxic leadership on psychological safety with the role of moderator of perceived organizational conditions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Organizational Resources, Amin Police Universitys, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty of member Department of Psychology, Amin police University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Graduated in Public Administration, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Unit, Tehran, Iran

10.22098/ael.2024.14268.1389

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the moderating effect of perceived organizational policies on the
Background and Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the moderating effect of perceived organizational policies on the relationship between toxic leadership and psychological safety of employees of the Education Evaluation Organization. This research is quantitative in terms of type and in terms of research method is a descriptive-survey research.
research methodology: The statistical population of the study is 460 employees and managers of the country's education evaluation organization, which according to Cochran's formula, 210 people were selected by stratified random sampling method.
Findings: The main data collection tools were Zahragin Mathaos (2018) 28-Question Leadership Questionnaire, Kakmer and Cason (2009) 15-Question Perceived Organizational Conditions Questionnaire, and Corkuraton and Giffin (2018) 9-Question Psychological Safety Questionnaire, which were formally and substantively valid (CVR-CVI) and its reliability was calculated and confirmed by Cronbach's alpha method.
Conclusion: The obtained data were analyzed using structural equation model test software and SPSS software version 23 and Smart PLS version 2. The results showed that poisonous leadership and its various dimensions (offensive leadership, authoritarian leadership, narcissism, ambition and unpredictability) have a negative impact on the psychological safety of the staff of the National Education Evaluation Organization.

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