AUTHOR=Zhu Jinqiang , Xu Shiyong , Zhang Bainan 

TITLE=The Paradoxical Effect of Inclusive Leadership on Subordinates’ Creativity

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2019

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02960

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02960

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Existing studies on the relationship between inclusive leadership and innovative behavior do not present a united picture. Drawing up the antecedent-benefit-cost framework, we tried to explain the contradictory relationships between them based on mediating mechanism. Results showed that inclusive leadership promoted subordinates innovative behavior through enhancing subordinates psychological safety but discouraged subordinates innovative behavior through reducing challenge-related stress. Our findings illustrated the complex mediating process of inclusive leadership’s impact on innovative behavior, presenting a complementary explanation of the contradictory relationships between inclusive leadership and innovative behavior. In addition, we validated antecedent-benefit-cost framework.