The Effect of Inclusive Leadership on Employee Empowerment and Innovative Work Behavior: An Empirical Study from Turkey

Abstract

The need for effective and successful leaders in the organizations is increasing drastically due to highly competitive environment in today's business life. To provide a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon, this article draws on social interaction theory to investigate the potential effects of the effect of inclusive leadership on the innovative work behavior within the workplace, and the mediating role of employee empowermenton the link between inclusive leadership and the innovative work behavior. SPSS and AMOS software was applied to survey data obtained from (n=339) employees. Results revealed that inclusive leadership is a strong predictor for employee empowerment and innovative work behaviorpartially mediates the link between inclusive leadership and innovative work behavior. Implications for theory and practice alongside limitations are discussed.