Effect of Inclusive Leadership on Employees'Innovative Work Behaviors:A Dual Moderation Perspective Based on Motivation and Traits
Employees'innovative behaviors,going beyond their own responsibilities,play a significant role in determining an enterprise's sustainability.However,current research on the impact of inclusive leadership on employees'innovative work behaviors remains in the early exploratory stages.This study focuses on the impact of inclusive leadership on employees'innovative work behavior and its internal mechanism research in science and technology innovative enterprises.Based on the"ability-motivation-opportunity"theory and the theory of planned behavior,it explores the role of inclusive leadership in influencing employees'innovative work behaviors by constructing a cross-level moderated mediation model,and discusses the mediating effect of role breadth self-efficacy,verifying the moderating role of innovative motivation and proactive personality.In this study,67 valid questionnaires for group leaders and 215 valid questionnaires for group members are collected by matching group leaders and group members,and hypotheses are tested by using a multilevel linear model.The results of the study indicate that inclusive leadership has a cross-level positive effect on employees'innovative work behaviors.Role breadth self-efficacy significantly mediates the relationship between inclusive leadership and employee innovative work behavior.Motivation to innovate and proactive personality moderates the relationship between role self-efficacy and employees'innovative work behaviors,and proactive personality positively moderates the mediating effect of inclusive leadership on employees'innovative work behaviors through role breadth self-efficacy.Thus,technology-driven enterprises should implement management approaches that foster inclusive leadership traits,encouraging leaders to adopt inclusive behaviors that support employees in engaging in innovative behaviors beneficial to organizational development.
inclusive leadershipemployees'innovative work behaviorsrole breadth self-efficacyinnovation motivationproactive personalitytechnology-driven enterprisesemployee management