The Relationship Between Workplace Ostracism And Behavior Choice

In recent years,the workplace ostracism finally received more and more attention of scholars,research on workplace repulsion process and mechanism of action is particularly important.In the field of workplace ostracism,scholars have focused their attention on exploring their unilateral results and antecedents;such research has achieved substantial results.However,existing studies lack of workplace ostracism was discussed as a process,which is the core of the highlights of this article.Existing research has shown that workplace ostracism has not only adversely affected the physical and mental health of employees,but also reduced organizational performance and improved employee turnover.This article attempts to open up new perspectives and explore the positive role of appropriate workplace ostracism and the boundaries of appropriate workplace ostracism from the perspective of new employees.At the same time,the introduction of positive personality as a situational factor plays a regulatory role in the organization-based self-esteem and behavior.Based on self-defense and self-affirmation theory and social exchange theory,this paper aims to study the relationship between workplace ostracism and behavior choices,the mediation and moderation roles of organization-based self-esteem and proactive personality in relationships above.The samples are 157 government officials in a certain area in the north China.A total of th ree times of questionnaires were conducted in chronological order online.Each survey was conducted once a month.The final questionnaire was completed in January 2018.After scientific screening,94 valid questionnaires were finally obtained.The question naire surveyed basic demographic information and five related variables(workplace ostracism,positive personality,organization-based self-esteem,helping behavior,and deviance behavior).At the same time,we used SPSS and AMOS to test the reliability an d validity of the data.The result of hypothesis testing showed that organization-based self-esteem plays a mediation role between workplace exclusion and help behavior and bias behavior.The workplace ostracism through the OBSE has a negative impact on th e helping behavior.The workplace ostracism through the OBSE has a positive effect on the deviance behavior.The lower the positive personality,the stronger the relationship between organization-based self-esteem and help behavior and bias behavior are.Helping behavior helps to reduce workplace ostracism.Deviations behavior can aggravate workplace ostracism.This study complements and refines research on domestic workplace ostracism and provides new ideas for future research.