What leaders say versus what they do: Inclusive leadership, policy-practice decoupling, and the anomaly of climate for inclusion

Mor Barak, Michàlle E.; Luria, Gil; Brimhall, Kim C.

doi:10.1177/10596011211005916

What leaders say versus what they do: Inclusive leadership, policy-practice decoupling, and the anomaly of climate for inclusion

Inclusion is increasingly recognized as a critical leadership issue, yet research points to effectiveness variability among diversity and inclusion initiatives, indicative of potential policy-practice decoupling. Drawing on climate theory, we develop supervisors’ inclusive leadership and climate …