Abstract:
This study examines the relationship between inclusive leadership and innovative
work behavior with the mediating roles of leader member exchange, creative self
e cacy and psychological safety. Data were collected from employees and their
supervisors in di erent small capitalization rms across Pakistan. Con rmatory
factor analysis con rmed the distinctiveness of variables used in the study. The results
of path analysis con rmed that inclusive leadership promotes innovative work
behavior in the workplace, while leader member exchange, creative self e cacy and
psychological safety mediates the e ect of inclusive leadership on innovative work
behavior. This study contributes to the innovative work behavior literature, since
limited attention was paid to the role of inclusive leadership as a predictor of innovative
work behavior indirectly through leader member exchange, creative self
e cacy and psychological safety. The leader member exchange theory was used
to support ndings. Implications are also discussed.
Keywords: Inclusive leadership, Leader member exchange, Creative self
e cacy, Psychological safety, Innovative work behavior.
