The Impact of Reflective Leadership on Workplace Belongingness: A Gender-Inclusive Analysis Using a Convergent Mixed Methods Approach

This paper examines the impact of reflective leadership on workplace belongingness, with a particular focus gender differences. Through combined approach thematic and quantitative analyses, study explores factors that contribute to belongingness investigates potential variations in these based gender. The findings reveal positively influences employees perceiving higher levels their leaders reporting belongingness. identifies safe environment, open communication, challenging beliefs assumptions as significant components analysis highlights importance psychological safety, effective value work purpose, openness change fostering further reveals relationship between is stronger for female compared male employees. emphasizes need consider gender-specific when promoting it suggests strategies organizations create positive environment enhances These include supportive encouraging critical thinking, implementing initiatives policies. existing literature by shedding light complex leadership, Overall, contributes improved employee well-being, satisfaction, engagement, organizational performance.