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Coping with Workplace Ostracism: The Roles of Ingratiation and Political Skill in Employee Psychological Distress

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The study reported here examined the relationship between workplace ostracism and employee psychological distress (i.e. job tension, emotional exhaustion, and depressed mood at work) by focusing on the joint moderating effects of ingratiation and political skill. Data from a two‐wave survey of 215 employees in two oil and gas firms in China indicated that as predicted, workplace ostracism was positively related to psychological distress. Moreover, the findings showed that when employee political skill was high, ingratiation neutralized the relationship between workplace ostracism and psychological distress, but when it was low, ingratiation exacerbated the relationship.

Source: Journal of Management Studies

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01017.x

Authors: Long‐Zeng Wu, Frederick Hong‐kit Yim, Ho Kwong Kwan, Xiaomeng Zhang

Institutions: University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Drexel University, American University

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1560918607

FWCI: 10.52

Cites: 83

Cited by: 377

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