AUTHOR=Zhu Jinqiang , Xu Shiyong , Zhang Bainan 

TITLE=The Paradoxical Effect of Inclusive Leadership on Subordinates’ Creativity

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02960

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02960

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Previous research about inclusive leadership and creativity has produced contradictory results. The present study tried to explain the contradictory findings based on the antecedent-benefit-cost framework (ABC). We found that inclusive leadership promoted subordinates’ creativity by enhancing subordinates’ psychological safety but discouraged subordinates’ creativity by reducing challenge-related stress. The present study illustrated the complex mediating mechanism of inclusive leadership’s impact on creativity, presenting a complementary explanation of the conflicting relationships between inclusive leadership and creativity. In addition, we validated the ABC framework.</p>