Workplace ostracism is the phenomenon in which employees are neglected or isolated by other employees of an organization. Workplace ostracism has a significant effect on the mental health and performance of employees. Its adverse effects can spill over to the family, causing work-family conflict, but little is known about it in the short and long term so far. Drawing on the work-family resource model and social cognitive theory, the current study aimed to explore the impact of workplace ostracism on work- family conflict and the mediating role of recovery self-efficacy, and the moderating role of trait mindfulness.
In study 1, a three-wave study( one-monthly intervals) was conducted to test the hypotheses above mentioned. Employees from a construction company in China participated in the research. A total of 311 valid samples were collected. The results of regression analysis showed that workplace ostracism significantly predicts work-family conflict. Recovery self-efficacy mediates the relationship between workplace ostracism and work-family conflict. However, not as expected, trait mindfulness intensifies the relationship between workplace ostracism and recovery self-efficacy.
In study 2, a dairy method was used, 123 participants recruited online have answered the survey questionnaires for two consecutive weeks, and a total of 1144 valid daily observations were collected. The multi-level linear model analysis results show that workplace ostracism has intra-individual level fluctuation, and at the intra- individual level, workplace ostracism positively predicts work-family conflict and recovery self-efficacy plays a mediating role between them. Similar to the finding of study 1, trait mindfulness intensifies the relationship between workplace ostracism and recovery self-efficacy.
Integrating the work-family resource model and social cognition theory, the current study explored the spillover effects of workplace ostracism on the work-family domain, which contributing to the theoretical development, and management practice of workplace ostracism and work-family conflict.
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