Abstract:

Objective - While researching positive approaches to business satisfaction of leaders in literature, the study of the negative aspects of leadership is not sufficient and satisfying. In this regard, the study aims to determine the impact of the toxic leadership characteristics of managers on employees’ job satisfaction. In this context, managers’ toxic levels of leadership were determined and how determined managerial behaviors were related to the levels of employment satisfaction of employees and how they influenced them. Method - The universe of the research is formed by 302 bank employees, who have identified their sampling by the way of easy sampling from the universe while forming staff working in the public banks located in the Marmara Region, data from 302 bank employees, visual statistical methods and output statistical methods have been analyzed using t-test, one-way variance analysis, correlation, simple linear regression analysis. Results - In general, the toxic level of leadership that bank employees perceive reduces the level of business satisfaction. The study found a negative meaningful relationship between toxic leadership and job satisfaction. It has been found that relationships with toxic leadership are weak as a determiner of employees’ job satisfaction levels. Debate - The perception of banks' employees about toxic leadership has been found to have a significant difference in statistical terms according to the variable of "the position taken in the institution". The perceptions of employment satisfaction of bank employees have been found to have a significant statistical difference in all dimensions according to the variables of "educational status", "professional experience", "working time in the institution" and "position in the institution".

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