Analyzing the Impact of Inclusive Leadership Style on pro-social rule breaking Based on the Mediating Role of Psychological Safety and Creative Self-Efficacy and Moderating Leader-Member Exchange in West Azerbaijan Governmental Organizations

Government organizations have a bureaucratic and inflexible nature that leads to limitations for managers and employees. The use of inclusive leadership style leads to increased moral courage and boldness to increase the psychological safety and exchanges between managers and Increase staff and be able to circumvent cumbersome rules with benevolent intentions in order to achieve organizational goals. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of inclusive leadership style on pro-social rule breaking by emphasizing the mediating role of psychological safety and creative self-efficacy and moderating member leader exchange.

The method of the present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the study is the employees of government organizations in West Azerbaijan province. Based on simple random sampling, 374 correct questionnaires were returned and the research data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. Standard questionnaires were used to measure research variables.

Inclusive leadership has a direct and significant effect on pro-social rule breaking and indirectly has a significant effect on pro-social rule breaking through mediation of creative self-efficacy and psychological safety and moderation of leader-member exchange.

Research innovation: 

The results of the present study strengthen the application of inclusive leadership style in government organizations and help managers of organizations to understand the impact of inclusive leadership style on pro-social rule breaking to mediate creative self-efficacy and psychological safety and moderation. Provide leader-member exchanges to cause pro-social rule breaking to achieve organizational goals and the interests of stakeholders.