Are They Isolating Me? The Influence of Workplace Ostracism on Employees’ Turnover Tendency

Abstract

Using questionnaire survey method, taking 319 employees of a company as a sample, deeply explore the influence of workplace ostracism on turnover tendency, the mediating effect of organizational self-esteem between these two variables, and the moderating effect of mental toughness in workplace ostracism and organizational self-esteem. The empirical analysis shows that there is a positive correlation between workplace ostracism and turnover tendency; the negative correlation between workplace ostracism and organizational self-esteem; organizational self-esteem was negatively correlated with turnover tendency; organizational self-esteem fully mediated the relationship between workplace ostracism and turnover tendency; mental toughness plays a negative moderating role in workplace ostracism and organizational self-esteem. Implications of these findings are discussed.