Workplace ostracism and employee wellbeing: A conservation of resource perspective

Abstract

IntroductionAs a common phenomenon of workplace ostracism in corporate management, it is urgent to clarify how it affects employee well-being.MethodsBased on Conservation of Resource Theory, this study investigates the mechanisms of workplace ostracism on employee well-being and examines the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of team forgiveness climate by surveying 282 employees from 68 companies in mainland China.ResultsThe results show that (1) workplace ostracism negatively affects employee well-being; (2) emotional exhaustion plays a mediating role between workplace ostracism and employee well-being; (3) team forgiveness climate weakens the negative effect of workplace ostracism on emotional exhaustion and negatively moderates the indirect effect of workplace ostracism on employee well-being through emotional exhaustion.DiscussionIt tries to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for eliminating the negative effects of workplace ostracism and focusing on employee well-being.

Unethical pro-supervisor behavior and employees’ family satisfaction: The roles of workplace ostracism and work–home segmentation preference

“…Individuals with uncivilized behaviors in the workplace have a higher risk of being ostracized by others (Scott et al, 2013 ). Workplace ostracism was found to have a negative influence on employees’ workplace behavior (Haldorai et al, 2020 ), work attitude (Chung & Kim, 2017 ), and well-being (Wang et al, 2023 ).…”

“…Workplace ostracism is likely to spillover into the family domain and affect employees’ family life. Workplace ostracism, as a stressful situation for employees, can be understood to some extent as the threat of resource loss (Wang et al, 2023 ). According to conservation of resources theory, individuals in a state of resource loss will have increased expectations and demands for the supply of surrounding resources (Hobfoll, 1989 ; Hobfoll et al, 2018 ).…”

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