The Mediation Role of Toxic Leadership in the Effect of Job Stress on Job Satisfaction

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of job stress on job satisfaction, to define whether the employees' perceptions of a toxic leader have an effect on the significant relationship between these two variables. If there are any affects, determine whether the toxic leadership is a partial or full moderating force, and make suggestions which will increase the welfare of the organization for employees. In line with this purpose, the data for the study has been obtained from 124 workers. As a result of analysis performed, a significant relationship has been found between job stress and job satisfaction. It has been determined that, as a result of a multiple regression analysis on the mediating effect, a toxic leader perception is a partial moderator variable on the effect of job stress on job satisfaction, and that a 1-unit increase in job stress resulted in a decrease of 0.308 units on a job satisfaction scale, while a 1-unit increase in toxicity perception resulted in a decrease of 0.111 units on the job satisfaction scale.