Destructive leadership behavior and its impact on dysfunction through mediating workplace gossip: Field research in a sample of workers and employees in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in the province of Baghdad

Abstract

The current research aims to demonstrate the effect of destructive leadership behavior (self-esteem, defective supervision, unpredictability, narcissism and authoritarian leadership) on dysfunction (aggressive behavior, deviant behavior) considering work-related gossip (work-related gossip, non-work-related gossip). ) as a mediating variable in the center of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and an intentional sample of (128) of the people’s officials was chosen. Statistical (SPSS. V.24) and path analysis using the (Excel) program, it was found from the results of the practical side that there is a clear impact of the destructive leadership behavior by mediating gossip in the workplace in the occurrence of dysfunction, and the research is recommended to adopt control systems that depend on performance more than evaluation Self-sufficiency of employees, and that managers are selected based on several tests and not only practical or scientific experience, and taking into account their personal styles and psychological tendencies, not to let H. with gossip that is not related to work or interfering with the personal affairs of employees, taking deterrent measures for anyone who violates instructions, encouraging workers to disclose work problems and ensuring that they are not punished or threatened if they are revealed, because it will reduce the treatment of more difficult and complex problems in the long run..