A study of impact of inclusive leadership on innovative behaviors and diversity at workplace
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This study focuses on the association of inclusive leadership on innovation and execution of the idea of diversity at the workplace, moreover, this research also assesses the contribution of diversity in the innovative work culture in the banking industry in the national capital region. A conceptual model was designed to assess the association of inclusive leadership on innovation and the idea of diversity and to test the conceptual model, the researcher utilized multi-wave and multi-source data acquired from 5 enterprises 40 respondents each. Inclusionary leadership has a strong good impact on diverse work cultures and innovation, according to the findings. Additionally, diversity was shown to be favorably associated with innovation in the workplace. The researcher has used various scales for Inclusive leadership, diversity at the workplace, and innovative culture. To show the association and impact of factors, confirmatory factor analysis and regression have been used by the researcher.
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