Toxic Leadership and its Relationship with Work Pressure among Ministry of Youth and Sports Employees

Abstract

This research aims to explore toxic leadership and its relationship with work pressure among employees of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The researchers adopted the descriptive-correlational research methodology due to its suitability for studying the correlational relationships between variables and describing and analyzing the studied phenomenon. The research population consisted of 3000 employees of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. A random stratified sample of 500 employees was selected for the academic year 2022-2023. After reviewing the relevant literature and previous studies on toxic leadership, a scale for toxic leadership and work pressure was developed and validated for reliability (both face and content validity), difficulty factor, discriminative power, incorrect alternatives' effectiveness, and stability. Statistical methods such as one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman-Brown formula, and Cronbach's alpha were utilized.The current research yielded several significant findings:Objective 1: To identify toxic leadership among employees of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.To achieve this objective, the researcher applied a toxic leadership scale comprising 15 items to a sample of 500 employees. Subsequently, the researcher calculated the mean and standard deviation for each dimension of toxic leadership separately. To determine the significance of the differences between the arithmetic means and the hypothetical mean for each dimension, the researcher used the one-sample t-test. The results indicated the presence of toxic leadership practices among the ministry's employees.Objective 2: To identify work pressure among employees of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.To verify this objective, the researcher administered a work pressure scale consisting of 44 items to a sample of 500 employees. The researcher calculated the mean and standard deviation for each work pressure aspect separately. To assess the significance of the differences between the arithmetic means and the hypothetical mean for each work pressure aspect, the researcher utilized statistical analysis. The results indicated the presence of work pressure among the ministry's employees.