THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TOXIC LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL HAPPINESS OF TEACHERS

Abstract

The aim of the study is to describe teachers‘ perceptions of school administrators’ toxic leadership behaviours and to examine its effect on teachers' organisational happiness. The population of the study consists of primary and secondary school teachers working in Afyonkarahisar city centre in the 2021-2022 academic year. The sample of the study was determined by simple random sampling method and a total of 567 teachers were included in the sample. ‘Toxic Leadership Scale’ and ‘Organisational Happiness Scale’ were used as data collection tools in the study. As a result of the study, it was found that teachers did not agree that school administrators exhibited toxic leadership behaviour and their organisational happiness levels were high. In the study, it was concluded that teachers‘ perceptions of school administrators’ toxic leadership behaviours and organisational happiness levels differed significantly according to teachers' marital status, age, professional seniority, branch and the type of school they worked in. It was determined that toxic leadership significantly predicted teachers' organisational happiness.