THE IMPACT OF TASK CONFLICT, COWORKER CONFLICT AND SUPERVISOR CONFLICT ON WORKPLACE OSTRACISM

Abstract

Researchers agree that workplace ostracism has a negative impact on employees’

psychological wellbeing which in turn can reduce one’s ability to effectively contribute to the

organization. Therefore, it is important to determine the factors that lead to ostracism. The

current paper proposes that three sources of conflict in a workplace such as task conflict,

coworker conflict and supervisor conflict will positively influence workplace ostracism. The

results provide empirical evidence in support of the positive relationship among supervisor

conflict and workplace ostracism. On the other hand, the results provide no empirical result for

the support of the positive relationship among task conflict, coworker conflict and workplace

ostracism.

Keywords

• Workplace Ostracism,Task conflict,Coworker Conflict,Supervisor Conflict,Impact

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