The Role of School Managers Toxic Leader Behaviors in the Effect of Teachers Core Self-evaluations on Job Satisfaction, Organizational Cynicism and Burnout

The aim of this study is to test the mediating role of the toxic leader behaviors of school managers in the effect of the core self-evaluations of teachers on job satisfaction, organizational cynicism and burnout. The data in the study have been collected via survey method from 437 teachers working in various schools in different regions of Turkey. Confirmatory factor analyses have been conducted to test the construct validity of the scales used in this study. Correlation and regression analyses have been conducted to detect the relationships among variables and the mediation effects. As a result of the analyses; partial mediating role of the toxic leader behaviors of the school managers has been found in the relationship between the core self-evaluation of teachers and organizational cynicism, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. And in addition, it has been found that toxic leadership does not have any mediator effect on the relationships between core self-evaluation and job satisfaction and between core self-evaluation and reduced personal accomplishment. These obtained results indicate that the teachers with high core self-evaluation will be less exposed to the toxic behaviors of managers and they will also experience less cynicism and burnout due to their positive evaluations towards themselves.