Designing an interpretive structural model of toxic organization’s antecedents

The purpose of this study was designing the interpretive structural model of toxic organization’s antecedents. In this regard, after studying literature and identifying antecedents of toxic organization, a half-closed questionnaire embodied antecedents was developed based on Likert scale and distributed among 26 experts from administrative organizations in Rafsanjan, using concept and snowball sampling. Based on fuzzy analysis, the questionnaires statements were screened. Then, the other identified antecedents of toxic organization were screened and after categorizing antecedents of toxic organization, the measure for ISM were developed and distributed among mentioned experts. Finally, data were analyzed and interpretative structural model of studied phenomenon were drew. The model possessed 12 variables in 6 levels (the first level: toxic external environment; the second: toxic leadership; the third: toxic human resource management and toxic processes; the fourth: toxic physical, job, and organizational structures; the fifth: toxic organizational climate and toxic personal perception; the sixth: toxic public ethics, toxic interpersonal communication, and toxic organizational behaviors).