The Predictive Effects of Workplace Ostracism on Employee Attitudes: A Job Embeddedness Perspective

Yijing Lyu () and Hong Zhu ()
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Yijing Lyu: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Hong Zhu: Sun Yat-Sen University

Journal of Business Ethics, 2019, vol. 158, issue 4, No 13, 1083-1095

Abstract: Abstract It has been contended that ostracism is prevalent in the workplace, and there has been increasing research interest in its potential effects. This paper extends the theoretical framework of workplace ostracism by linking it with affective commitment and intention to leave from the perspective of job embeddedness. Using time-lagged data from China, we apply job embeddedness theory to confirm that workplace ostracism decreases the cultivation of job embeddedness, which in turn undermines affective commitment and induces intention to leave. We also find that intrinsic work motivation strengthens the detrimental effects of workplace ostracism on job embeddedness such that the negative relationship is stronger when intrinsic motivation is high rather than low. We further discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings and offer future research directions.

Keywords: Affective commitment; Intention to leave; Job embeddedness; Intrinsic work motivation; Workplace ostracism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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