An Approach That Transforms Differences Into Strength: A Biometric Analysıs of The Concept Of Inclusive Leadership

In order to achieve success in tough competitive conditions, organizations should accept employees with all their differences and work to maximize their contributions. At this point, leader behaviors play a decisive role. Leaders who respect employees, tolerate them, listen to their voices, support their efforts, act impartially and guide them are referred to as inclusive leaders. This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the studies on inclusive leadership. Scopus database was scanned and VOSviewer package program was used for the analysis. According to the Scopus database, the first study on inclusive leadership was conducted in 2010. The most studies were conducted in 2023. The most commonly used keyword is Inclusive Leadership (81 studies). When we look at the distribution of studies on inclusive leadership on the basis of countries, the most studies were conducted in the USA (114 studies). The author with the highest number of citations is Javed, Basharat with 465 citations, 5 articles, 284 total link strength. The most cited country is the USA with 1375 citations. In this study, it was observed that the concept of inclusive leadership was mostly discussed together with diversity, psychological safety, work engagement and innovation. It is thought that this study will contribute to the development of the literature on inclusive leadership and may be a guide for future studies.