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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2022.22.02.501

The Influence of Inclusive Leadership on Innovative Behavior and Job Performance in Chinese IT Enterprises -Employee Voice Behavior as Mediating Variables  

Zheng, Jun-Yi (경희대학교 테크노경영대학원)
Li, Yan-Nan (경희대학교 테크노경영대학원)
Yuan, Hao (경희대학교 테크노경영대학원)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.22, no.2, 2022 , pp. 501-513 More about this Journal
Abstract
The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the Digital Transformation, The ability to innovate is more important than ever for businesses. In particular, competition among IT companies is getting fiercer. The intimacy of inclusive leadership plays an important role in the innovation behavior and performance improvement of employees and contributes to the development and competitiveness of the company. The purpose of this study is to examine how inclusive leadership affects employees' innovative behavior and job performance. In order to confirm the purpose of this study, in this paper, a survey was conducted on employees working in Chinese IT companies. Total of 309 questionnaires were used and the collected data were empirically analyzed using SPSS26.0. The study results are summarized as follows. As a result of the study, 1) Inclusive leadership has a positive effect on innovative behavior and job performance. 2) Employee voice behavior positively affects innovation behavior and job performance. 3) Employee voice behavior showed a positive mediating effect between inclusive leadership and innovation behavior and job performance. This study is considered to be a useful guideline for encouraging innovative behavior and improving the performance of IT employees.
Keywords
Inclusive Leadership; Employee Voice Behavior; Innovative Behavior; Job Performance;
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