Toxic Leadership and Turnover Intentions: Emotional Intelligence as a Moderator of This Relationship

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The recommendation is that more recent references are added and incorporated in the text, in particular in theoretical framework.

The data collection period should be added within chapter 3.1.

It is recommended, within chapter 4.4, that authors provide a reasoning if the possibility exists for developing a comprehensive model of turnover intentions, which would include all relevant variables explaining the phenomenon. In the present form, study portrays partial effects and explanations of the phenomenon, but it is highly recommended to have at least insight, within this part or within the theoretical framework also, so that the contextualization of results is potentially achieved. This is a suggestion for improvement.

Author Response

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Toxic leadership and turnover intentions: Emotional intelligence as a moderator in this relationship

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Dear Reviewer 1

We appreciate your preliminary comments that will complement our work.

Comment 1:  The recommendation is that more recent references are added and incorporated in the text, in particular in theoretical framework.

Thank you for the suggestion. Some more up-to-date references have been added.

Comment 2: The data collection period should be added within chapter 3.1.

Thank you for the suggestion. The date of data collection has been entered.

Comment 3: It is recommended, within chapter 4.4, that authors provide a reasoning if the possibility exists for developing a comprehensive model of turnover intentions, which would include all relevant variables explaining the phenomenon. In the present form, study portrays partial effects and explanations of the phenomenon, but it is highly recommended to have at least insight, within this part or within the theoretical framework also, so that the contextualization of results is potentially achieved. This is a suggestion for improvement.

Thank you for the suggestion. A sentence has been added at the beginning of the results. Chapter 4.4

Yours sincerely,

On behalf of my co-authors,

 

References added to the manuscript:

Hattab, S., Wirawan, H., Salam, R., Daswati, D. and Niswaty, R. (2022), "The effect of toxic leadership on turnover intention and counterproductive work behaviour in Indonesia public organisations", International Journal of Public Sector Management, 35 (3), 317-333. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-06-2021-0142

Jantjies, S.D., & Botha, P.A. (2024). Investigating toxic leadership’s influence on employee turnover intention in a clinical research organisation. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 22(0), a2571. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v22i0.2571

Majeed, N.; Jamshed, S. (2021) Nursing turnover intentions: The role of leader emotional intelligence and team culture. J. Nurs. Manag., 29, 229–239

Nonehkaran, E.A., Mozaffari, N., Iranpour, S. et al. (2023). Identifying the predictors of turnover intention based on nurse managers’ toxic leadership behaviors among nurses in Iran: a cross-sectional correlational study. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 1201. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10046-0

Ofei, A.M.A., Poku, C.A., Paarima, Y. et al. (2023). Toxic leadership behaviour of nurse managers and turnover intentions: the mediating role of job satisfaction. BMC Nurs 22, 374. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01539-8

Palma-Moreira, A., & Nunes, A. (2024). Toxic Leadership and Turnover Intentions: the role of Burnout Syndrome. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear authors, thank you for submitting your paper for my review. Below are my suggestions that you may consider to enhance the quality of this paper:

1. The explanation of the findings from previous studies in relation to hypotheses in this study does not appear in the introduction section. As a result, the research gaps and shortcomings are not clearly identified. This part is essential to address, especially in the discussion section following the results part of this study.

2. In section 3.1., which discusses the data collection procedure, it is mentioned that this study is cross-sectional. however, the specific period of data collection is not specifically stated. Why?

3. Examples of items for each variable included in the questionnaire need to be provided.

4. Why a common method bias test was not performed prior to conducting further data analysis?

5. Please explain the relevance of the first paragraph in the conclusion section: Emotional intelligence ..... intentions.

 

Good luck!

Author Response

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Toxic leadership and turnover intentions: Emotional intelligence as a moderator in this relationship

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Dear Reviewer 2

We appreciate your preliminary comments that will complement our work.

Comment 1: The explanation of the findings from previous studies in relation to hypotheses in this study does not appear in the introduction section. As a result, the research gaps and shortcomings are not clearly identified. This part is essential to address, especially in the discussion section following the results part of this study.

Thank you for the suggestion. The introduction and literature review have been improved.

Comment 2: In section 3.1., which discusses the data collection procedure, it is mentioned that this study is cross-sectional. however, the specific period of data collection is not specifically stated. Why?

Thank you for the suggestion. The date of data collection has been entered.

Comment 3: Examples of items for each variable included in the questionnaire need to be provided.

Thank you for the suggestion. One item was added from each of the instruments.

Comment 4: Why a common method bias test was not performed prior to conducting further data analysis?

Thank you for the suggestion. At the beginning of the results (chapter 4) are the results of the confirmatory factor analysis at one and 6 factors.

Comment 5: Please explain the relevance of the first paragraph in the conclusion section: Emotional intelligence ..... intentions.

Thank you for the suggestion. An explanation has been added at the end of the first paragraph of the conclusions.

Yours sincerely,

On behalf of my co-authors,

 

References added to the manuscript:

Hattab, S., Wirawan, H., Salam, R., Daswati, D. and Niswaty, R. (2022), "The effect of toxic leadership on turnover intention and counterproductive work behaviour in Indonesia public organisations", International Journal of Public Sector Management, 35 (3), 317-333. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-06-2021-0142

Jantjies, S.D., & Botha, P.A. (2024). Investigating toxic leadership’s influence on employee turnover intention in a clinical research organisation. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 22(0), a2571. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v22i0.2571

Majeed, N.; Jamshed, S. (2021) Nursing turnover intentions: The role of leader emotional intelligence and team culture. J. Nurs. Manag., 29, 229–239

Nonehkaran, E.A., Mozaffari, N., Iranpour, S. et al. (2023). Identifying the predictors of turnover intention based on nurse managers’ toxic leadership behaviors among nurses in Iran: a cross-sectional correlational study. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 1201. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10046-0

Ofei, A.M.A., Poku, C.A., Paarima, Y. et al. (2023). Toxic leadership behaviour of nurse managers and turnover intentions: the mediating role of job satisfaction. BMC Nurs 22, 374. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01539-8

Palma-Moreira, A., & Nunes, A. (2024). Toxic Leadership and Turnover Intentions: the role of Burnout Syndrome. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0531.v1

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Upon inspecting the revised version of the manuscript, the issue is still with comment #3 - I would instruct authors to address the suggestion comprehensively, adding single sentence is not sufficient.

Author Response

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Toxic leadership and turnover intentions: Emotional intelligence as a moderator in this relationship

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Dear Reviewer 1

We appreciate your preliminary comments that will complement our work.

Comment 1:  Upon inspecting the revised version of the manuscript, the issue is still with comment #3 - I would instruct authors to address the suggestion comprehensively, adding single sentence is not sufficient.

Thank you for the suggestion. At the beginning of chapter 4.4, it was stated why a comprehensive model of turnover intentions has not been developed, which includes all the relevant variables that explain the phenomenon. For this purpose, the ideal would be to carry out a structural equation model, which was not done due to the small sample size, which was considered a limitation of this study.

Yours sincerely,

On behalf of my co-authors,

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear authors,

Thank you very much for affording me the opportunity ti review your manuscript in this round, Upon conducting a thorough review of this revised version. I have noted that several improvement. however, I would like to kindly highlight that the articulation of the research gaps within the Introductionsection remains insufficiently clear and lacks the requisite precision for the effective presentation. I sincerely wish you success in further refining your work. 

Author Response

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Toxic leadership and turnover intentions: Emotional intelligence as a moderator in this relationship

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Dear Reviewer 2

We appreciate your preliminary comments that will complement our work.

Comment 1: Thank you very much for affording me the opportunity ti review your manuscript in this round, Upon conducting a thorough review of this revised version. I have noted that several improvement. however, I would like to kindly highlight that the articulation of the research gaps within the Introductionsection remains insufficiently clear and lacks the requisite precision for the effective presentation. I sincerely wish you success in further refining your work.

Thank you for the suggestion. We added at the end of the introduction that we had difficulty finding articles that related the three variables. That was why we wanted to study these relationships, since it was assumed that emotional intelligence could alter the relationship between toxic leadership and exit intentions.

Yours sincerely,

On behalf of my co-authors,

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