“…Nevertheless, defensive silence, as a result of workplace ostracism can be alleviated by employees' ability of EI, which is the ability to understand one's own and others' feelings and emotions, regulating their emotions to gain personal control and manifest emotional impression on others (Wong and Law, 2002; Mayer et al , 2002; Srivastava et al , 2019). This research's findings are based on the growing consensus that employees with high levels of EI deliver superior performance at individual and organizational levels (Boadi et al , 2020) and build strong and meaningful rapport with peers (Lopes et al , 2004). For example, while exercising emotionally intelligent behaviors in due course of workplace ostracism, the likelihood that their co-workers will welcome them is increased (Srivastava et al , 2019).…”