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The Effect of Inclusive Leadership on Change‑Oriented Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Benevolent Rule‑Breaking: The Mediating Role of Trust to Leader
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Fatemeh Latifat *   , Abdolzahra Naami , Seyed Esmaeil Hashemi |
| 1. M.A. Student of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. |
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In the complex and dynamic conditions of today’s organizations, particularly in the public sector, the emergence of voluntary, innovative, and extra‑role employee behaviors plays a fundamental role in enhancing organizational effectiveness and responsiveness. In this regard, inclusive leadership, as one of the contemporary leadership styles, by emphasizing participation, valuing diverse perspectives, and supporting employees, can provide the groundwork for the emergence of such behaviors. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of inclusive leadership on organizational citizenship behavior change‑oriented and benevolent rule‑breaking, with the mediating role of trust to leader. This study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive–survey in terms of method. The statistical population consisted of employees of an organization, from whom 385 individuals were selected using simple random sampling. Data were collected using inclusive leadership, organizational citizenship change‑oriented and benevolent rule‑breaking questionnaires. The data analyzed through structural equation modeling. The results indicated that inclusive leadership has a positive and direct effect on organizational citizenship behavior change‑oriented and benevolent rule‑breaking. Moreover, inclusive leadership significantly enhances trust in the leader, and trust in the leader plays a mediating role in the relationship between inclusive leadership and organizational citizenship behavior change‑oriented and benevolent rule‑breaking. These findings indicate that inclusive leadership, by strengthening employees’ trust in the leader, provides the conditions for the emergence of change‑oriented behaviors and benevolent rule‑breaking. The results of this study can offer practical guidance for managers in public organizations to enhance innovation, flexibility, and organizational performance.
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| Keywords: Benevolent rule‑breaking, Inclusive leadership, organizational citizenship behavior Change‑oriented, Trust to leader. |
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Type of Study: Applicable |
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Received: 2025/12/29 | Revised: 2026/06/9 | Accepted: 2026/06/20
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