Inclusive Leadership and Perceived Fairness of Promotion Opportunities: The Moderating Role of Leaders’ Self-Regulation
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2025-07-14
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The dark side of inclusive leadership has received limited attention. In order to create a more
comprehensive understanding of the effects of inclusive leadership, this study examined the
relationship between inclusive leadership and employees’ perceived fairness of promotion
opportunities and explored whether leaders’ self-regulation moderates this relationship.
Based on the equity theory, a negative relationship was hypothesized. Furthermore, it was
hypothesized that self-regulation would buffer the negative effect of inclusive leadership on
perceived fairness of promotion opportunities. Using a quantitative, cross-sectional research
design, data was collected from 202 respondents. A regression analysis was conducted using
SPSS to test the hypotheses. Contrary to expectations, the results show a positive relation
between inclusive leadership and perceived fairness of promotion opportunities. No
moderating effect of self-regulation was found. However, leaders’ self-regulation
demonstrated a significant positive direct effect on perceived fairness of promotion
opportunities. These results highlight the importance of fostering inclusive leadership
practices and self-regulatory capacities of leaders to enhance fairness perceptions within
promotion processes, which in turn can positively influence employee behaviors.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen