Inclusive Leadership and Work Engagement: Mediating Roles of Affective Organizational Commitment and Creativity

• Published in: Social behavior and personality Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 931 - 943
• Main Authors: Choi, Suk Bong, Tran, Thi Bich Hanh, Park, Byung Il
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palmerston North Scientific Journal Publishers 01.07.2015; Scientific Journal Publishers, Ltd; Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd
• Subjects: Affective Organizational Commitment; Behavior; Business creativity; Commitment (Psychology); Correlation analysis; Creativity; Employee Creativity; Employee motivation; Employee Work Engagement; Employees; Exchange Theory; Inclusive Leadership; Leadership; Managers; Occupational Roles; Organizational Commitment; Polls & surveys; Productivity; Researchers; Service Industries; Social Exchange Theory; Studies; Supervisors; Theory; Vietnam; Work Organization; Vietnam
• ISSN: 0301-2212; 1179-6391
• DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2015.43.6.931

We examined the mediating roles of affective organizational commitment and employee creativity in the relationship between inclusive leadership and employee work engagement. Participants were 246 employees of 6 companies in the services industry in Vietnam, and they completed the Employee Work Engagement Scale, Inclusive Leadership Scale, Affective Organizational Commitment Scale, and Employee Creativity Scale. We found that inclusive leadership was positively related to employee work engagement, and that both affective organizational commitment and employee creativity mediated this relationship. Our findings represent a theoretical contribution to social exchange theory and provide useful managerial implications for organizations to improve work engagement among employees.