Investigation of the relationship between nurses' perception of toxic leadership and their organizational trust levels and turnover intentions

Aim This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nurses' perception of toxic leadership and their organizational trust levels and turnover intentions. Design This cross‐sectional study was conducted using an online survey of 168 nurses working in public and university hospitals. Met...

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Published in:Journal of advanced nursing 2024-05, Vol.80 (5), p.1859-1867
Main Authors: Türkmen Keskin, Sultan, Özduyan Kiliç, Meltem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corporate culture
Employee management relations
Employee turnover
Health behavior
Health care industry
Hospitals
Leadership
nurse
Nurse managers
Nurses
Organizational culture
organizational trust
toxic leadership
turnover
Work environment
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Summary:Aim This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nurses' perception of toxic leadership and their organizational trust levels and turnover intentions. Design This cross‐sectional study was conducted using an online survey of 168 nurses working in public and university hospitals. Methods Data were collected between April and November 2022 with the Toxic Leadership Scale, Organizational Trust Scale and Turnover Intention Scale. Descriptive statistics, correlations, and regression analyses were used to analyse these data. Results It was determined that almost half of the nurses (46.4%) were exposed to negative behaviours from their managers within the last year. Nurses' perception of toxic leadership, organizational trust level and turnover intention were moderate. It was found that nurses' perceptions of toxic leadership had a negative effect on organizational trust level (R2 = .691; β = −0.832; p 
ISSN:0309-2402
1365-2648
DOI:10.1111/jan.15951