The effects of constructive and destructive leadership style on organizational climate and employee performance

Year 2022, Volume: 24 Issue: 2, 61 - 91, 14.12.2022

Hamide Selçuk , Ali Ekber Akgün

https://doi.org/10.33707/akuiibfd.1129106

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effects of constructive and destructive leadership styles on
organizational climate and employee performance. By examining separately whether the
organizational climate has a mediating role between constructive leadership and employee
performance and destructive leadership and employee performance, this study contributes to the
literature on leadership and organizational climate. The sample of the study contains 721 employees
working in enterprises located in Konya and Istanbul. The study uses the relational screening model
and tests hypotheses through the structural equation methodology. The results indicate that while
destructive leadership affects employee performance and organizational climate negatively,
constructive leadership affects them positively. The organizational climate has a fully mediating role
in the relationship between destructive leadership and employee performance. Moreover, the
organizational climate has a fully mediating role in the relationship between constructive leadership
and employee performance.

Keywords

Destructive leadership, constructive leadership, organizational climate, employee performance

Yapıcı ve yıkıcı liderlik özelliklerinin örgüt iklimi ve çalışan performansına etkisi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı yapıcı ve yıkıcı liderlik tarzlarının örgüt iklimi ve çalışan performansına
etkilerini araştırmak, yapıcı ve yıkıcı liderliğin çalışan performansına etkisinde örgüt ikliminin
aracılık rolünün olup olmadığını ortaya koyarak liderlik ve örgüt iklimi alan yazınına katkı
sağlamaktır. Çalışmanın örneklemini Konya ve İstanbul’da bulunan işletmelerde çalışan toplam 721
iş gören oluşturmaktadır. İlişkisel tarama modelinin kullanıldığı bu araştırmada hipotezler yapısal
eşitlik modeli ile test edilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda; yıkıcı liderliğin çalışan performansını ve örgüt
iklimini negatif etkilediği, yapıcı liderliğin çalışan performansı ve örgüt iklimini pozitif etkilediği
ve örgüt ikliminin yıkıcı liderliğin çalışan performansına etkisinde ve yapıcı liderliğin çalışan
performansına etkisinde tam aracılık rolü olduğu görülmüştür.

Keywords

Yapıcı Liderlik, Yıkıcı Liderlik, Örgüt İklimi, Çalışan Performansı

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