Impact of inclusive leadership on employee innovative behavior: Perceived organizational support as a mediator.

ABSTRACT: Despite extensive literature on leadership and its impact employee innovative behavior, few studies have explored the relationship between inclusive leadership and employee innovative behavior. To address this gap, this study aimed to investigate how inclusive leadership influenced employee innovative behavior by examining perceived organizational support (POS) as a mediator. We used multi-wave and multi-source data collected at 15 companies in China to test our theoretical model. Results revealed that inclusive leadership had significantly positive effects on POS and employee innovative behavior. Furthermore, POS was positively related to employee innovative behavior and partially mediated the relationship between inclusive leadership and employee innovative behavior. We discussed implica

SUBMITTER: Qi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6395022 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature