Impact Of Inclusive Leadership On Project Citizenship Behavior: A Mediation- Moderation Mechanism Of Psychological Empowerment And Trust In Leadership

Abstract

The current study aims to examine the impact of inclusive leadership and project citizenship behavior with mediating role of psychological empowerment. Trust in leadership moderate the relationship between inclusive leadership and psychological empowerment in such a way that, higher the degree of “trust in leadership”, the relationship between inclusive leadership and psychological empowerment will more strengthen. For this purpose, data were collected from 302 participants working in project-based organizations in Rawalpindi and Islamabad and analyzed through regression analysis by using AMOS and SPSS Hayes process macro. Results revealed that inclusive leadership has a significant and positive impact on project citizenship behavior with the intervening role of psychological empowerment. Although the moderating effect of trust in leadership was insignificant in the relationship between inclusive leadership and psychological empowerment. Based on the findings, it is suggested to managers and policymakers to adopt an inclusive leadership approach, which will psychologically empower the employee, consequently, that leads to the project citizenship behavior. To the best of research efforts, not a single study investigates the impact of inclusive leadership on project citizenship behavior with mediating role of psychological empowerment to date. Additionally, the direct impact of psychological empowerment on project citizenship behavior is also a unique contribution.