Inclusive Leadership and Employees' Helping Behaviors: Role of Psychological Factors

Samina Qasim; Muhammad Usman; Usman Ghani; Kalimullah Khan

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.888094

Inclusive Leadership and Employees' Helping Behaviors: Role of Psychological Factors

Front Psychol. 2022 Jul 7:13:888094. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.888094. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Samina Qasim¹, Muhammad Usman², Usman Ghani^{1

3}, Kalimullah Khan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Business Administration, Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan.
² School of Management, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
³ College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
⁴ Department of MBA, School of Graduate Studies, Kardan University, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Abstract

Based on social learning theory, the present study investigates the influence of inclusive leadership on employees' helping behaviors. Further, psychological mechanisms (psychological safety and psychological engagement) are investigated in the relationship between inclusive leadership and employees' helping behaviors. The data was collected in three time-lags through a questionnaire from 409 nurses working in the health sector of Pakistan. The collected data was analyzed through IBM-SPSS and AMOS to test the proposed model. The study's findings show that inclusive leadership positively influences employees helping behaviors. Moreover, the psychological factors (i.e., safety and engagement) mediate the relationship between inclusive leadership and employees' helping behaviors. Theoretical and practical implications for managers, practitioners, and organizations are discussed, while study limitations and directions for future research are also highlighted.

Keywords: employees psychological engagement; health sector; helping behavior; inclusive leadership; psychological safety.