Inclusive Leadership and Employee Involvement in Creative Tasks in the Workplace: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety

Abstract

This study examines how inclusive leadership (manifested by openness, accessibility, and availability of a leader) fosters employee creativity in the workplace. Using a sample of 150 employees, we investigated the relationship between inclusive leadership (measured at Time 1), psychological safety, and employee involvement in creative work tasks (measured at Time 2). The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis indicate that inclusive leadership is positively related to psychological safety, which, in turn, engenders employee involvement in creative work.

Notes

Note. N = 150, two-tailed test. Alpha reliabilities appear in parentheses.

*p < .05. **p < .01.

Note. IL = Inclusive Leadership; PS = Psychological Safety; EC = Employee involvement in creative work. In all models the control variables (respondent age and tenure in the organization) were linked to employee involvement in creative work.

*p < .05. **p < .01.