Intensity, intent, and ambiguity: Appraisals of workplace ostracism and coping responses.

ABSTRACT: Using both correlational and experimental designs across four studies (N = 1251 working individuals), the current project aimed to contribute to the understanding of workplace ostracism by studying two research questions. First, we tested whether the subjective experience of targets reflects the current theorizing of ostracism. Second, drawing from the transactional theory of stress and coping, we investigated whether this subjective experience impacts targets' coping responses. Findings based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the current theorizing of workplace ostracism such that perceived intensity, intent, and ambiguity were reflected in how targets appraised being ostracized at work. The appraisals were also related to coping responses. Perceived intensity pred

SUBMITTER: Meral EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099391 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature