Coping with workplace ostracism: The roles of ingratiation and political skill in employee psychological distress

Long Zeng Wu; Frederick Hong kit Yim; Ho Kwong Kwan; Xiaomeng Zhang

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01017.x

Coping with workplace ostracism: The roles of ingratiation and political skill in employee psychological distress

Long Zeng Wu, Frederick Hong kit Yim, Ho Kwong Kwan^*, Xiaomeng Zhang

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	178-199
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of Management Studies
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01017.x
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012

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