Outcasts and saboteurs: Intervention strategies to reduce the negative effects of social exclusion on team outcomes.

ABSTRACT: The experience of social exclusion in the workplace adversely impacts employees' well-being, job satisfaction, and productivity, and no one quite knows what to do about it. In this report, we describe the development and testing of three ostracism interventions, designed to help people cope with the negative effects of being excluded by one's team. Across five studies, participants were assigned to a virtual ball toss game where they were either included or excluded by their teammates. Afterwards, they were given a task where they could earn money for themselves, for their entire team, or for an unrelated group (charity). Excluded participants worked less hard for their teams (even when this meant sacrificing their own earnings). This sabotage effect was specific, meaning that excluded ind

SUBMITTER: Reece A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8101916 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature