Explaining the mediating role of benevolent law breaking in the relationship between toxic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior in small businesses

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Member of the research group of business management of academic Center for Education Culture Research (ACECR), branch of West Azarbaijan, Urmia, Iran

2 Department of Educational Sciences, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

10.22098/ael.2023.13353.1316

Abstract

Background and Objective: The present study has been conducted with the aim of clarifying the mediating role of benevolent law breaking in the relationship between toxic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior in small businesses. The research method was descriptive-correlative in nature and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population was made up of all employees of small businesses in Urmia city, numbering 14218 people. For this purpose and based on Morgan's table, 375 people were selected as the statistical sample of the research using a two-stage cluster sampling method. In this research, the standard questionnaire of toxic leadership (Schmidt & Hanges, 2008), benevolent law breaking (Vardaman et al, 2014)  and organizational citizenship behavior of  were used.
research methodology: Thus, in order to test the research hypotheses, first descriptive statistics and then structural equation technique using Smart P.L.S statistical software was used.
Findings: The findings of the research showed that the research model has a favorable fit and it indicates that toxic leadership has a negative and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (path coefficient -0.39). The effect of toxic leadership on benevolent law breaking is positive and significant (path coefficient 0.72). Benevolent law breaking has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (path coefficient 0.54) and finally the mediating role of benevolent law breaking in the relationship between toxic leadership and organizational citizenship behavior was confirmed (path coefficient -0.39).
Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of toxic leadership characteristics can reduce the context of increasing deviant behaviors and pretentious behaviors and reducing citizenship behaviors in the environment of micro and small businesses.

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Applied Educational Leadership
Volume 5, Issue 2
July 2024
Pages 78-93

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  • Receive Date: 23 July 2023
  • Revise Date: 26 October 2023
  • Accept Date: 15 November 2023

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