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The present study was carried out to examine the mediating role of negative mood on the relationship between destructive leadership perception and job burnout. The sample of this study consists of 169 female and 204 male (N = 373) public sector employees. “Destructive Leadership Scale”, “Maslach Burnout Inventory” and “Negative Mood Scale” were used. The results of the analysis indicated that negative mood plays an intermediary role in the relationship between destructive leadership perception and job burnout. Moreover, job burnout and subscales were positively predicted by “desructive leadership perception”, “authoritarian leadership”, “inadequate leadership skills” and “negative mood”. Also, significant differences were detected according to the destructive leadership and subscales, job burnout and subscales and negative mood between the women and men employees in the different labour groups. The findings were discussed within the context of the existing literature.