Predictive Effect of School Leaders Destructive Leadership Behavior on Teachers Turnover Intention in Primary and Middle Level Schools in the State of Amhara, Ethiopia

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 187 - 219, 31.03.2025

Belayneh Ayalew Bitew , Misganaw Alene Tsegaye , Getu Shiferaw Wolle

Abstract

The main purpose of this empirical study was to investigate the predictive effect of school leaders’ destructive leadership behavior on teachers’ turnover intention. A mixed approach with embedded research design was employed. Multi-stage stratified sampling was applied to select 748 teacher respondents. Data were collected using adapted standardized scale of destructive leadership and teachers’ turnover intention instrument. Multiple regression and hierarchical multiple regression model were used to analyze the data. The study revealed that there was a strong, positive correlation between destructive leadership behavior and teachers’ turnover intention variables, r = .776, n = 748, p < .01. It was also founded that except tyrannical, other predictor variables (i.e., derailed, supportive disloyal and laissez faire destructive leadership behaviors) significantly and positively predict teachers’ turnover intention, with β=.04, p>0.05 for tyrannical, β=.37, p<0.001 for supportive disloyal, β=.21, p<0.001 for derailed and β=.30, p<.001 for laissez fair DLBs. 65% of the variance in teachers’ turnover intention was accounted for the interplay of tyrannical, derailed, supportive disloyal and laissez faire destructive leadership behaviors. Supportive disloyal destructive leadership behavior accounted for the highest variation in teachers’ turnover intention.

Keywords

Leadership, Destructive, turnover intention, teachers

Ethical Statement

It is required of researchers to take research participants' ethics into account; it is not an option. According to American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines, human subjects research must adhere to the following requirements: Participants must: provide informed consent, which requires them to be aware that they are part of research and to give their permission; not be misled about the nature of the study; if they are, the deception must not be so severe as to render the informed consents invalid; and not be forced in any way to provide consent in order to participate in the study. Participants' identities and actions must remain anonymous, and the researcher may not disclose them in any way. Debriefing procedures must inform participants of the study's purpose and provide contact information for the researchers to discuss the findings. Finally, participants must not be put in danger, either physically or mentally. Therefore, in the current study, all of the ethical guidelines mentioned above were closely adhered to during the data collecting, analysis, and reporting phases.

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