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 for inclusion and introducing CEO’s inclusive leadership and group diversity as moderators. To gain a deep understanding of decoupling, we use a multilevel approach and include in our model both top level leadership (CEOs), where espoused policies are determined, and group level leadership (supervisor), where enacted behaviors are experienced. We offer a novel perspective on climate theory for inclusion, which we have identified as “the anomaly of climate for inclusion.” Unlike other organizational climate facets, inclusion climate is shaped not only by the shared experiences of group members but also by their identities. Individuals from minority or underrepresented groups might experience decoupling in ways that are similar to other members from the same identity group even if they belong to different work groups. Our model, therefore, explains the process in which leaders create inclusive climate and point to boundary conditions in the process. We focus on two climate indicators: climate level and climate strength, and indicate that both are essential for understanding inclusion climate. Our conceptual model suggests that truly inclusive leaders would succeed at minimizing policy-practice coupling as perceived by all group members, not just historically dominant or high-status members. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

包容性已被日益视为一个关键的领导问题，但研究指出多样性和包容性举措之间的有效性差异，表明潜在的政策与实践脱钩。根据气候理论，我们发展了主管的包容性领导能力和包容性的氛围，并介绍了首席执行官的包容性领导力和团体多样性作为主持人。为了深入了解脱钩，我们使用了一种多层次的方法，在模型中包括确定了奉行政策的高层领导（CEO）和经历了已制定行为的集团高层领导（主管）。我们提供了关于包容性气候理论的新颖观点，我们将其确定为“包容性气候异常”。与其他组织气候方面不同，包容性的氛围不仅取决于小组成员的共同经验，还取决于他们的身份。来自少数族裔或代表性不足的群体的个人可能会以与来自同一标识组的其他成员相似的方式经历去耦，即使他们属于不同的工作组。因此，我们的模型解释了领导者创造包容性气候并指出过程中边界条件的过程。我们关注两个气候指标：气候水平和气候强度，并指出两者对于理解包容气候至关重要。我们的概念模型表明，真正包容的领导者将成功地最小化所有小组成员，而不仅仅是历史上占主导地位或地位很高的成员所认为的政策与实践的耦合。讨论了对实践和未来研究的影响。