Abstract
This study examined the effect of toxic leadership on organisational silence in selected faith-based organisations in Ogun State, Nigeria. It debates that securing endurable paths to organisation success requires keen attention to the menace of organisational silence, and this does not leave out organisations that base their business operations on certain fundamental doctrines, corporate practices, or religious believes. Survey research design was adopted. The population of the study was seven hundred and seventy-five (775) staff drawn from the selected faith-based organisations in Ogun State, Nigeria. The study adopted multi-stage sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was adapted, validated and used for data collection. Cronbach’s Alpha Reliability Analysis ranged 0.704 to 0.775. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that Toxic leadership had significant effect on Organisational silence (Adj. R 2 = 0.475; F (4, 361) = 83.60, p <0.05). This revealed that organisational silence exists as a result of toxic leadership, and to this end, employers and managers are expected to take every affordable step to weaken the weight of organisational silence by deploying quality leadership that encourages cross fertilization of ideas, creativity, ingenuousness and knowledge extension among employers, managers and employees. Keywords: Toxic leadership, Organisational silence, Corporate practices, Organisational communication, Ogun State, Nigeria. DOI: 10.7176/JRDM/67-05 Publication date: July 31 st 2020
Highlights
Securing endurable paths to organisation success requires thoughtful attention to the menace of organisational silence in the workplace
The force of toxicity in many workplaces is repeatedly manifesting through repressive leadership and hostile work environment, of which, majority of workers are being compelled to adapt to agreeable personality of silence that is extraordinary in nature (Spranger, 2008)
It is affirmed that toxic leadership positively affect organisational silence in the selected faith-based organisations in Ogun State, Nigeria. These findings provided answer to the research question and enable the researcher to achieve the objective of the study
Summary
Securing endurable paths to organisation success requires thoughtful attention to the menace of organisational silence in the workplace. This does not leave out likewise organisations that base their business operations or corporate practices on certain fundamental doctrines or religious believes. Situational challenges are ignored while lack of team spirit creeps into critical matters that border on the progress of the organisation (Akinyele, 2010). The consequence of this is scarcity of useful ideas for leadership to operate with, and hindrance to organisations’ ability to invent and innovate corporate strategies (Adeoye, 2017; Houseman & Minor, 2015)
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