The Effect of Toxic Leadership Behaviors on Emotional Exhaustion: The Mediating Role of Moral Disengagement-An Analytical Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Karbala Refinery Employees

Bushra Mohammed  Alwan; Saleh Mahdi Mohammed  Al-Hasnawi; Ruaa Salih  Mahdi; Ahmed Abdullah  Amanah

doi:10.51699/cajitmf.v5i4.710

Bushra Mohammed Alwan College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Kerbala, Iraq
Saleh Mahdi Mohammed Al-Hasnawi Business Administration Department, Faculty of Administration and Economics, University of Kerbala, Iraq
Ruaa Salih Mahdi Business Administration Department, Faculty of Administration and Economics, University of Kerbala, Iraq
Ahmed Abdullah Amanah Business Administration Department, Faculty of Administration and Economics, University of Kerbala, Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51699/cajitmf.v5i4.710

Keywords: toxic leader behaviors, emotional exhaustion, moral disengagement, Karbala refinery/Iraq

Abstract

The research aimed to analyze and understand the relationship between the independent variable, toxic leader behaviors with its dimensions (bad supervision, authoritarian leadership, narcissism, self-promotion, unpredictability), and the dependent variable, emotional exhaustion (one-dimensional), and the mediating role was moral disengagement with its dimensions (moral justification, Shifting responsibility, space of consequence, dehumanization). The problem was represented by the following question (what is the relationship between toxic leader behaviors and emotional exhaustion through the mediating role of moral disengagement). The importance emerged from the results obtained from a survey and the analysis of the opinions of a sample. The research represented (340) respondents from Karbala Refinery employees as a population of (2600) employees by adopting the questionnaire form according to the five-point Likert scale. Analytical statistical tools were used, including linear regression and the correlation coefficient, and descriptive statistical methods, including the arithmetic mean and standard deviation, using the statistical program (SPSS) and the test. (Sobel) A set of conclusions was obtained, including (the strength of the mediating role of moral disengagement in developing the relationship between toxic leader behaviors and emotional exhaustion) among the Karbala refinery employees and the research community.

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