Using SEM model, investigate inclusive leadership, job crafting and innovative work behavior among IT sector employees
Keywords:
Creative Actions, Inclusive leadership, Innovative work behaviour, Job crafting, Social ResourcesAbstract
The main intent of the study's overarching goal is to determine if there is a correlation linking inclusive leadership, job crafting, and innovative employee actions among IT workers. The data was gathered from 378 workers working in the South of IT Park in Coimbatore using a questionnaire survey method. We utilized SPSS and AMOS software to analyze the data, and we employed confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate our hypotheses. The results showed that various forms of Job Crafting had a mediating effect on innovative work behaviour, which in turn had a direct and indirect impact on inclusive leadership. The results also back up the hypothesis that inclusive leadership encourages creative actions on the job. Therefore, employees are more likely to improve their social resources when leaders act inclusively, while employees are less likely to engage in innovative work behaviours when they rely too much on social resources.
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