Inclusive Leadership, Perceived Organizational Support, and Work Engagement: The Moderating Role of Leadership-Member Exchange Relationship

Based on the theory of social exchange, this study explores the influence of inclusive leadership on work engagement. The mediating role of organizational support between inclusive leadership and work engagement and the moderating role of Leadership-member exchange relationship are analyzed deeply and systematically. It is found that the influence of inclusive leadership on work engagement is mediated by perceived organizational support. When leaders adopt an inclusive leadership style, employees will feel organizational support, which will increase their work engagement. Second, the quality of leadership-member exchange relationship will affect the perceived organizational support of employees, and the quality of perceived organizational support among higher quality leadership-member exchange relationship is higher, thus affecting the work engagement of employees.