The Relationship between Staff Nurses' Perception of Toxic Leadership Behaviors and Their Job Satisfaction

Background: Toxic leadership in nursing has become a common reality in many healthcareorganizations. It can cause harm not only to the followers but to the whole organization, resulting inadverse negative consequences such as reduced motivation, productivity, and cooperation whichconsequently affect their job satisfaction. Aim: to investigate the relationship between staff nurses'perception of toxic leadership behaviors and their job satisfaction. Design: A descriptive correlationalresearch design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Elrahmaniyah General Hospital in El-Behera Governorate, affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Population. Subjects: 190 staff nurseswho accepted to participate with at least one year of experience. Data collection tools: Data werecollected by using two tools namely, Toxic Leadership Scale and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire Results:The total levels of toxic leadership low level were (58.4%) and the total level of job satisfaction wasmoderate (51.6%). Conclusion: The present study showed a highly negative correlation between toxicleadership and job satisfaction. Recommendations: Establish leadership training programs to providehealthcare leaders with the needed skills to build a collaborative and participatory managementorganization.