Relationship of Inclusive Leadership, Positive Emotion and Employees’ Performance
GU Yinhua1,SU Yong2,LI Haidong3
1. College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology
2. School of Management, Fudan University
3. School of Management and Economics, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute
Inclusive leadership is confirmed to have a positive impact on the organization, employees’ task performance and innovation performance. However, it is very rare to discuss the two transmission mechanisms from the perspective of positive emotions. Based on organizational support theory, with questionnaire survey, through analyzing 255 sets paired data of leadership and staff and from the perspective of positive emotions, this study explores the impact mechanism of inclusive leadership on employees’ job performance. The results show: 1. Inclusive leadership has a positive impact on employees’ innovation performance and task performance; 2. Inclusive leadership has a positive impact on employees positive emotions; 3. Positive emotions have a positive impact on innovation performance and task performance; 4. Positive emotions play a partial mediating role between inclusive leadership, staff innovation performance and task performance.