DefinePK

Abstract

Previous studies on work place toxicity has mostly focused on employee satisfaction as well as organizational performance. However, the relationship between Workplace toxicity variables and employee performance has not been established. Consequently, this study assesses the relationship between the variables of workplace toxicity such as narcissistic behaviour, harassment, offensive/aggressive leadership, bullying as well as ostracism and employee performance. This study bridged such gap that may be summarized as follows: there is relationship between narcissistic behaviour, harassment, offensive/aggressive leadership, ostracism, bullying and employee performance. Participants were drawn from selected water production factories operating in the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was administered to one hundred and thirty-two respondents. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation results indicate that that there is a relationship between all the variables of Workplace toxicity and Employee Performance. The study recommends, there should be zero harassment policies implemented in the workplace and bullying in the workplace should not be tolerated and victims should be encouraged to speak up via a safe medium.
Keywords:  Workplace, Toxicity, Narcissism, Harassment, Offensive/Aggressive, Ostracism,
         Bullying, Employee Performance.