TY - JOUR
T1 - Breaking (or making) the silence
T2 - How goal interdependence and social skill predict being ostracized
AU - Wu, Long Zeng
AU - Ferris, D. Lance
AU - Kwan, Ho Kwong
AU - Chiang, Flora
AU - Snape, Ed
AU - Liang, Lindie H.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Although ostracism can have devastating consequences for employees and organizations, our understanding of what contributes to ostracism is notably limited. Drawing on and extending goal interdependence theory, we integrate the goal interdependence and social skill literatures to predict when individuals are likely to be ostracized. Across two studies we found that cooperative goal interdependence reduced, while competitive goal interdependence facilitated, being ostracized; social skill strengthened the negative impact of cooperative goal interdependence on ostracism and neutralized the positive impact of competitive goal interdependence on ostracism. In a third longitudinal study, we found that relationship conflict mediated the interactive effect of goal interdependence and social skill on being ostracized. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - Although ostracism can have devastating consequences for employees and organizations, our understanding of what contributes to ostracism is notably limited. Drawing on and extending goal interdependence theory, we integrate the goal interdependence and social skill literatures to predict when individuals are likely to be ostracized. Across two studies we found that cooperative goal interdependence reduced, while competitive goal interdependence facilitated, being ostracized; social skill strengthened the negative impact of cooperative goal interdependence on ostracism and neutralized the positive impact of competitive goal interdependence on ostracism. In a third longitudinal study, we found that relationship conflict mediated the interactive effect of goal interdependence and social skill on being ostracized. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.08.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84955246287
VL - 131
SP - 51
EP - 66
JO - Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
JF - Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
SN - 0749-5978
ER -