Effects of Toxic Leadership Behavior and Emotional Exhaustion on Patient Safety Incident Reporting

Key Points

• This research aims to examine the relationship between toxic leadership behavior and emotional exhaustion in nurse managers, specifically regarding patient safety incident reporting.
• Analyzed the mediating effect of toxic leadership behavior on emotional exhaustion and incident reporting.
• Used surveys to gather data from nursing staff about their experiences.
• Evaluated the impact of leadership behavior on reporting practices.
• Toxic leadership significantly impacts the level of emotional exhaustion in nurse managers.
• Emotional exhaustion negatively affects patient safety incident reporting.
• Addressing toxic leadership could improve the culture of incident reporting.