Relationship between Toxic Leadership and Emotional Exhaustion; mediating role of Unethical Behavior based on Organizational Silence

Aime: The study aim of is investigating the relationship between the toxic leaders emotional exhaustion with the role of mediator of unethical behaviors based on organization silent has been accomplished. The research method is descriptive-correlation. Statistical population of the study is includes all staff of Arak city service offices 27 offices and 120 employed. 101 people using Simple random sampling method was selected as a statistical sample. To collect the data, three standard questionnaires of toxic leadership (Hadavi nezhad & Rostaee, 2016), emotional exhaustion(Maslach & Jackson, 1981) and organizational silence(Dyne etal, 2003) were used. The data collected using the Pearson correlation coefficient and structural modeling in statistical software LISREL, SPSS were analyzed. The results of the study showed that the relationship between toxic leadership and organizational silence with emotional exhaustion was positive and significant. The role of mediator of organizational silence in the relationship between toxic leadership and emotional exhaustion was positive and significant. Conclition: In order to reduce emotional exhaustion in employees, it has been necessary to reduce the Toxic behaviors in the leaders and the organizational silence in the staff.