The Impact of Inclusive Leadership on Employees' Innovative Behaviors: The Mediation of Psychological Capital.
Front Psychol. 2019; 10:1803.FP

Abstract

Employee innovation is the cornerstone of the organization, and the motivation for employee innovative behavior largely depends on the leadership style of the leader. With the economic development of society, the traditional authoritative style of leadership can no longer adapt to the psychological characteristics of employees, who use new-era work concepts, techniques, and social rules (hereafter, new generation employees). Inclusive leadership is based on the concept of "fully inclusive and equitable" in traditional Chinese culture, and it can adapt to the independent needs of new generation employees. At present, the research on the relationship between the traditional leadership style and employee innovative behavior is relatively extensive, but there is little research on the relationship between inclusive leadership style and employee innovative behavior, and this needs further exploration. This paper takes new generation employees as the sample and uses psychological capital as an intermediary variable to explore the influence of inclusive leadership style on the innovative behaviors of new generation employees. We found that inclusive leadership is significantly and positively related to new generation employees' innovative behavior. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Fang YC

Global Institute for Zhejiang Merchants Development, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China. The School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.

Chen JY

The School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.

Wang MJ

Zhejiang ChangZheng Vocational & Technical College, Hangzhou, China.

Chen CY

The School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.

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eng

PubMed ID

31447740

Citation

Fang, Yang-Chun, et al. "The Impact of Inclusive Leadership On Employees' Innovative Behaviors: the Mediation of Psychological Capital." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 10, 2019, p. 1803.

Fang YC, Chen JY, Wang MJ, et al. The Impact of Inclusive Leadership on Employees' Innovative Behaviors: The Mediation of Psychological Capital. Front Psychol. 2019;10:1803.

Fang, Y. C., Chen, J. Y., Wang, M. J., & Chen, C. Y. (2019). The Impact of Inclusive Leadership on Employees' Innovative Behaviors: The Mediation of Psychological Capital. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1803. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01803

Fang YC, et al. The Impact of Inclusive Leadership On Employees' Innovative Behaviors: the Mediation of Psychological Capital. Front Psychol. 2019;10:1803. PubMed PMID: 31447740.

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TY - JOUR T1 - The Impact of Inclusive Leadership on Employees' Innovative Behaviors: The Mediation of Psychological Capital. AU - Fang,Yang-Chun, AU - Chen,Jia-Yan, AU - Wang,Mei-Jie, AU - Chen,Chao-Ying, Y1 - 2019/08/06/ PY - 2019/05/11/received PY - 2019/07/22/accepted PY - 2019/8/27/entrez PY - 2019/8/27/pubmed PY - 2019/8/27/medline KW - China KW - inclusive leadership KW - innovative behavior KW - new generation employees KW - psychological capital SP - 1803 EP - 1803 JF - Frontiers in psychology JO - Front Psychol VL - 10 N2 - Employee innovation is the cornerstone of the organization, and the motivation for employee innovative behavior largely depends on the leadership style of the leader. With the economic development of society, the traditional authoritative style of leadership can no longer adapt to the psychological characteristics of employees, who use new-era work concepts, techniques, and social rules (hereafter, new generation employees). Inclusive leadership is based on the concept of "fully inclusive and equitable" in traditional Chinese culture, and it can adapt to the independent needs of new generation employees. At present, the research on the relationship between the traditional leadership style and employee innovative behavior is relatively extensive, but there is little research on the relationship between inclusive leadership style and employee innovative behavior, and this needs further exploration. This paper takes new generation employees as the sample and uses psychological capital as an intermediary variable to explore the influence of inclusive leadership style on the innovative behaviors of new generation employees. We found that inclusive leadership is significantly and positively related to new generation employees' innovative behavior. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. SN - 1664-1078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/31447740/The_Impact_of_Inclusive_Leadership_on_Employees'_Innovative_Behaviors:_The_Mediation_of_Psychological_Capital_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -

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