Do targets of ostracism truthfully communicate their emotional reactions to sources?

Workplace ostracism influencing turnover intentions: Moderating roles of perceptions of organizational virtuousness and authentic leadership

Workplace Ostracism is known to be a physically and emotionally painful experience. Even if it has a temporary and minor impact, it strongly predicts employee turnover intentions. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating effects of perceptions of Organizational Virtuousness (OV) and Authentic Leadership (AL) in explaining the relationship between Workplace Ostracism (WO) and employees' Turnover Intentions (TI). Data were collected from 686 full-time employees using a non-probabilistic convenience sampling in India's Information Technology (IT) companies. The reliability and validity of scales were assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. Multiple hierarchical regression modeling was used to test the proposed hypotheses using IBM SPSS 23.0 with Process Macro 3.5. The present study's findings suggest that workplace ostracism is significantly related to employees' turnover intentions. Furthermore, perceptions of organizational virtuousness and authentic leadership moderated the relationship between workplace ostracism and employee turnover intentions. Employee turnover is a gigantic problem for IT firms in India. The present study offers valuable insights to managers to create awareness of workplace ostracism. Implementing managerial strategies rooted in positive psychology can help organizations create a more inclusive, supportive, and psychologically healthy work environment. This, in turn, can reduce the occurrence of workplace ostracism and turnover intentions.

Childhood emotional maltreatment and sensitivity to social rejection in emerging adults

BACKGROUND

Enhanced responsiveness to social rejection may be a transdiagnostic mechanism through which childhood emotional maltreatment predisposes individuals to interpersonal and mental health problems. To investigate this mechanism, as a first step, more detailed investigations are needed regarding the assumed association of childhood emotional maltreatment with rejection sensitivity in later life.

OBJECTIVE

The present work examines the hypothesis that among different subtypes of childhood maltreatment, in particular forms of emotional maltreatment (emotional abuse and neglect) relate to rejection sensitivity in emerging adults.

PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING

In study 1, 311 emerging adults (18-25 years) participated in a retrospective cross-sectional assessment. In study 2, 78 emerging adults (18-25 years) were included in an experiment (O-Cam paradigm) which involved the experience of social rejection (vs. inclusion).

METHODS

Study 1 investigates whether intensities of childhood emotional abuse and neglect have unique associations with trait rejection sensitivity, when considering all maltreatment subtypes (emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect) simultaneously. Study 2 examined whether childhood emotional abuse and neglect moderate the experience of social rejection in terms of need depletion, sadness and anger after social rejection (vs. inclusion).

RESULTS

Study 1 indicates that emotional abuse and neglect have unique associations with rejection sensitivity. Study 2 results show that only a higher intensity of emotional abuse has extensive effects on need depletion and sadness after social rejection (vs. inclusion).

CONCLUSIONS

In particular, experiences of childhood emotional abuse may relate to rejection sensitivity in young adulthood.