Mohammed Thaer Ali ALBayati, Mustafa Khudhair Hussein

Abstract

The research aims to study the relationship between toxic leadership and emotional abuse, an applied study in the Iraqi hotel sector, which amounted to (20) hotels in the city of Baghdad. The research was based on a basic problem, which is the extent of the impact of toxic leadership on emotional abuse. Workers in those hotels represent the research community, numbering (1620). (310) questionnaires were distributed, and (285) questionnaires were retrieved from hotel employees in the city of Baghdad. These data were processed using advanced statistical programs as well as the structural equation modelling method. The research reached a set of conclusions and recommendations, including: that toxic leadership suppresses individual and organizational activities in the Iraqi hotels under application, in addition to its harmful effects on the behavior and attitudes of employees. The research recommends reducing the negative impact on employees and improving the general organizational climate by developing training programs targeting leaders to help reduce narcissistic and self-promotional behaviors and enhance ethical and effective leadership.

Keywords

Emotional Abuse narcissism Psychological Abuse self-promotion Toxic Leadership Unpredictability Unprofessional Behaviors