A Social Exchange-Based Model of the Antecedents of Workplace Exclusion

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Scott, Kristin L.; Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.; Zagenczyk, Thomas J.
• 署名单位: Clemson University; Australian National University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0030135
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 37-48
• 关键词: workplace exclusion; incivility; WORKPLACE DEVIANCE; social exchange

摘要

We conducted 2 studies of coworker dyads to test a theoretical model exploring why and under what circumstances employees are the targets of workplace exclusion. Adopting a victim precipitation perspective, we integrate belongingness and social exchange theories to propose that employees who display workplace incivility are distrusted and therefore are targets of workplace exclusion. Highlighting the importance of the context of the perpetrator-target relationship, we also find support for the postulation that this mediated relationship is strengthened when the target employee is perceived to be a weak exchange partner and is attenuated when he or she is viewed as a valuable exchange partner. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.