TY - JOUR
T1 - Opening the black box
T2 - Why and when workplace exclusion affects social reconnection behaviour, health, and attitudes
AU - Scott, Kristin L.
AU - Tams, Stefan
AU - Schippers, Michaéla C.
AU - Lee, Ki Young
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/3/4
Y1 - 2015/3/4
N2 - By integrating belongingness theory and the sensitivity about being the target of a threatening upward comparison (STTUC) theory, we explicate a process through which co-worker exclusion is positively related to social reconnection behaviour in the workplace. Specifically, we argued and found that exclusion prompts ingratiatory and citizenship behaviours via the perception of being envied by colleagues. Despite these positive outcomes, we also found the mediated relationship of exclusion and perceptions of being envied to be damaging to workers’ psychological health and work-related attitudes, and that these relationships were the strongest among employees with high positive affect (PA). We tested our model across two distinct samples that included full-time Dutch (Study 1) and American (Study 2) employees. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
AB - By integrating belongingness theory and the sensitivity about being the target of a threatening upward comparison (STTUC) theory, we explicate a process through which co-worker exclusion is positively related to social reconnection behaviour in the workplace. Specifically, we argued and found that exclusion prompts ingratiatory and citizenship behaviours via the perception of being envied by colleagues. Despite these positive outcomes, we also found the mediated relationship of exclusion and perceptions of being envied to be damaging to workers’ psychological health and work-related attitudes, and that these relationships were the strongest among employees with high positive affect (PA). We tested our model across two distinct samples that included full-time Dutch (Study 1) and American (Study 2) employees. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/1359432X.2014.894978
DO - 10.1080/1359432X.2014.894978
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922255672
VL - 24
SP - 239
EP - 255
JO - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
JF - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
SN - 1359-432X
IS - 2
ER -