Assessing the Mediating Factors of Inclusive Leadership – Psychological Safety Relationship for Creative Performance

10 pages•Published: June 2, 2026

Tosin Oladele, Modupe Mewomo, Jacob Olumuyiwa Ikotun and Yewande Abraham

Abstract

Inclusive leadership style has demonstrated greater influence in determining the extent to which employees feel psychologically safe in the workplace environment. Inclusive leadership is believed to foster employee creative behaviour and improved psychological safety. Therefore, this study aims to assess the mediating factors of inclusive leadership and psychological safety relationship in the construction workplace due to scarce knowledge of these factors. The study obtained cross-sectional data through 179 (online) and 74 (hand-delivery) surveys from construction professionals in the Nigerian built environment. Firstly, the data were subjected to mean score testing, after which maximum likelihood factoring (MLF) with varimax rotation was used to establish three underlying factors that mediate inclusive leadership-psychological safety relationship. These factors include recognizing employee inputs and concerns, valuing an inclusive workplace culture, and supportive motivational climate. These findings could go a long way in guiding construction managers to lead inclusively, thereby fostering a psychologically safe workplace for improved creative behaviors in the Nigerian built environment.

Keyphrases: construction environment, inclusive leadership, psychological safety, workplace

In: Wesley Collins, Anthony Perrenoud and John Posillico (editors). Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 62nd Annual International Conference, vol 7, pages 911-920.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/72Ls
	https://doi.org/10.29007/j6cm

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2026:Assessing_Mediating_Factors_Inclusive,
  author    = {Tosin Oladele and Modupe Mewomo and Jacob Olumuyiwa Ikotun and Yewande Abraham},
  title     = {Assessing the Mediating Factors of Inclusive Leadership – Psychological Safety Relationship for Creative Performance},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 62nd Annual International Conference},
  editor    = {Wesley Collins and Anthony Perrenoud and John Posillico},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {7},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/72Ls},
  doi       = {10.29007/j6cm},
  pages     = {911-920},
  year      = {2026}}

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