MEDIATING ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR IN HEALTH CARE SECTOR

Abstract

Purpose: The major purpose of this study is to investigate the mediation of psychological empowerment and on the relationship between the Independent and dependent variable i.e inclusive leadership and innovative work behavior IWB. Design/Methodology/Approach: Total 387 questionnaires are filled by the employees (nurses) working in the private hospitals of Pakistan. AMOS and SPSS is used to analyzed the data. Findings: This study reveals that their psychological empowerment mediated the relationship between inclusive leadership and innovative work behavior. The results os this study shows that there is positive relationship between inclusive leadership and innovative work behavior. Results also shows that the relationship between inclusive leaders and innovative work behavior is positively mediated by the psychological empowerment. Implications/Originality/Value: In the literature of IWB this study adds the empirically testing the mediation of psychological empowerment on Inclusive leadership – innovative work behavior link.