TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping with workplace ostracism
T2 - The roles of ingratiation and political skill in employee psychological distress
AU - Wu, Long Zeng
AU - Yim, Frederick Hong kit
AU - Kwan, Ho Kwong
AU - Zhang, Xiaomeng
N1 - This work was supported by a grant from China’s National Natural Science Foundation (70802060) and a joint grant from China’s National Natural Science Foundation and Hong Kong Research Grants Council(71061160504-HKU778/10).
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Ingratiation
KW - Political skill
KW - Psychological distress
KW - Workplace ostracism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=83955162943&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01017.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01017.x
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:83955162943
SN - 0022-2380
VL - 49
SP - 178
EP - 199
JO - Journal of Management Studies
JF - Journal of Management Studies
IS - 1
ER -