The Effect of Workplace Ostracism on Psychological Performance

Abstract

This research aims to examine the relationship between workplace ostracism and psychological performance in within the context of the Conservation of Resources Theory (COR). In the study, in which the data were obtained from 238 white-collar employees by convenience sampling method, the workplace ostracism scale and the psychological performance scale were used. Findings showed that the workplace ostracism positively affected negative energy, which is one of the dimensions of psychological performance, while it negatively affected other dimensions of psychological performance; positive energy, self-control and mental condition. These findings are in line with the COR framework and are important because they reveal that the workplace ostracism is an important cause of resource loss.

Keywords

• Workplace ostracism
• organizational ostracism
• psychological performance
• conservation of resources theory

İş Yerinde Dışlanmanın Psikolojik Performans Üzerindeki Etkisi

Abstract

Bu araştırma iş yerinde dışlanma ve psikolojik performans arasındaki ilişkiyi Kaynakların Korunması Teorisi (KKT) çerçevesinde incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Verilerin 238 beyaz yakalı çalışandan kolayda örnekleme yöntemi ile elde edildiği araştırmada iş yerinde dışlanma ölçeği ve psikolojik performans ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgular iş yerinde dışlanmanın, psikolojik performans boyutlarından negatif enerjiyi olumlu yönde etkilediğini gösterirken pozitif enerji, kendini kontrol etme ve zihinsel durumu olumsuz etkilediğini ortaya koymuştur. Bu bulgular, KKT’nin öne sürdüğü çerçeve ile uyumludur ve iş yerinde dışlanmanın önemli bir kaynak kaybı nedeni olduğunu ortaya koyması nedeni ile önem arz etmektedir.

Keywords

• İş yerinde dışlanma
• örgütsel dışlanma
• psikolojik performans
• kaynakların korunması teorisi

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