Foundation Project Research Plan TITLE 1 Introduction 1 Literature Review2 Research Methodology and Rationale6 Ethical Considerations 8 REFERENCES 9 TITLE An investigation into toxic leadership and its effect on employee retention. Introduction Toxic leadership is basically refers as the combination of self centred attitudes, motivations and behaviours which have adverse influence on the overall performance and employees of an organisation. Employee retention is also a key area of an organisation, thus the potential purpose of a business is to retain employees for long time in respect to smooth working