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The Impact of Toxic Leadership Perception on Quiet Quitting: A Study on Research Assistants

Toksik Liderlik Algısının Sessiz İstifa Üzerine Etkisi: Araştırma Görevlileri Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Enes Uğur Tohum(KASTAMONU ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-0006-7622
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129–149
Publication Date
2026-05-19
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However, the effect of participants' perception of toxic leadership on quiet quitting did not differ by demographic characteristics, but there was a difference in the effect between the variables themselves.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of research assistants' perception of toxic leadership on quiet quitting.
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The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of research assistants' perception of toxic leadership on quiet quitting. Another objective is to determine, through multiple group analyses, whether the demographic characteristics of research assistants (gender, marital status, supervisor's gender, title, staff status, and university establishment date) differentiate the effect of toxic leadership perception on quiet quitting. The study employed a cross-sectional research design, a quantitative method, and convenience sampling for data collection. The sample consisted of research assistants working in state universities in Turkey. Data from 537 participants were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. Structural equation modeling was used to assess the fit of the theoretically hypothesized relationships among variables, and multiple-group analysis was performed to identify group differences. The analysis revealed that perceptions of toxic leadership do affect quiet quitting. However, the effect of participants' perception of toxic leadership on quiet quitting did not differ by demographic characteristics, but there was a difference in the effect between the variables themselves.

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Bu çalışmanın temel amacı araştırma görevlilerinin toksik liderlik algısının sessiz istifa üzerine etkisini araştırmaktır. Bununla birlikte araştırmanın bir diğer amacı ise araştırma görevlilerinin demografik özelliklerinin (cinsiyet, medeni durum, yöneticinin cinsiyeti, unvan, kadro statüsü ve üniversite kuruluş tarihi) toksik liderlik algısının sessiz istifa üzerine etkisini farklılaştırıp farklılaştırmadığının çoklu grup analizi ile ortaya konulmasıdır. Çalışmada nicel araştırma yöntemi olarak kesitsel araştırma deseni ve araştırma verilerin toplanmasında kolayda örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Türkiye’de devlet üniversitelerinde çalışan araştırma görevlileri araştırmanın örneklemini oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında 537 katılımcıdan elde edilen veriler SPSS ve AMOS istatistiki paket programı ile analiz edilerek, değişkenler arasında teorik olarak olduğu varsayılan ilişkilerin veri ile uyumunu ortaya koymak için yapısal eşitlik modellemesi ve gruplar arasındaki farklılıkları tespit etmek için de çoklu grup analizi yapılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda toksik liderlik algısının sessiz istifa üzerine etkisi olduğu ortaya konulmuştur. Bununla birlikte katılımcıların toksik liderlik algısının sessiz istifa üzerine etkisi demografik özelliklere göre farklılaşmadığı ancak değişkenler arasında etki farkının olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

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Tohum, E. U. (2026). The Impact of Toxic Leadership Perception on Quiet Quitting: A Study on Research Assistants. Iğdır Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Sayı: 42, 129–149. https://doi.org/10.54600/igdirsosbilder.1873368

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