Mitigating Workplace Politics: The impact of Inclusive Leadership on Commitment and Citizenship Behavior in Contemporary Organizations

Organizational politics has become a common and inevitable part of modern organizations, in which people struggle for limited resources. This study employs implies social exchange theory to examine the moderating role of inclusive leadership in mitigating the negative impact of perceptions of organizational politics on employee commitment and citizenship behavior. It also hypothesizes that inclusive leadership buffers the effects of workplace politics. Data were collected from 347 full-time employees working in Pakistans the telecommunications sector using a quantitative approach. The data were analyzed through variance-based structural equation modeling using Smart PLS-4. The findings offer valuable insights revealing that inclusive leaders