The role of unsustainable HR practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracism
Unsustainable HR practices impose illegitimate tasks on employees due to a shortage of resources. These illegitimate tasks bring counterproductive work behavior in terms of workplace incivility that creates a sense of ostracism in employees. To address these issues, the study examined the relationsh...
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| author | Afaq Ahmad Chenhui Zhao Ghazanfar Ali Kunshun Zhou Kunshun Zhou Jawad Iqbal |
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| description | Unsustainable HR practices impose illegitimate tasks on employees due to a shortage of resources. These illegitimate tasks bring counterproductive work behavior in terms of workplace incivility that creates a sense of ostracism in employees. To address these issues, the study examined the relationship among unsustainable HR practices in terms of illegitimate tasks and workplace ostracism. Whereas workplace incivility is defined as an underlying reason through which this association exists. Adopting a theoretical framework from earlier research, the study used cross-sectional data and subsequently a method of quantitative research, and the sample comprised permanent faculty members of private universities in Pakistan working in different departments with different role titles. Smart PLS was applied to run multiple statistics analyzed on the obtained data. The results from the study supported the hypothesis by depicting a positive and significant association between illegitimate tasks and workplace ostracism. Further, workplace incivility was playing the mediating role between illegitimate tasks and workplace ostracism. The results from the study carry significant implications for managers and researchers. Recommendations and future research directions are also discussed in the paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14b5821c9a2b4b369e7ec3a28519376a2022-12-22T03:17:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-09-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.904726904726The role of unsustainable HR practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracismAfaq Ahmad0Chenhui Zhao1Ghazanfar Ali2Kunshun Zhou3Kunshun Zhou4Jawad Iqbal5Institute of Business, Management and Administrative Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, PakistanSchool of Business, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan, ChinaInstitute of Business, Management and Administrative Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, PakistanSchool of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Guangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Liuzhou, ChinaInstitute of Business, Management and Administrative Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, PakistanUnsustainable HR practices impose illegitimate tasks on employees due to a shortage of resources. These illegitimate tasks bring counterproductive work behavior in terms of workplace incivility that creates a sense of ostracism in employees. To address these issues, the study examined the relationship among unsustainable HR practices in terms of illegitimate tasks and workplace ostracism. Whereas workplace incivility is defined as an underlying reason through which this association exists. Adopting a theoretical framework from earlier research, the study used cross-sectional data and subsequently a method of quantitative research, and the sample comprised permanent faculty members of private universities in Pakistan working in different departments with different role titles. Smart PLS was applied to run multiple statistics analyzed on the obtained data. The results from the study supported the hypothesis by depicting a positive and significant association between illegitimate tasks and workplace ostracism. Further, workplace incivility was playing the mediating role between illegitimate tasks and workplace ostracism. The results from the study carry significant implications for managers and researchers. Recommendations and future research directions are also discussed in the paper.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.904726/fullunsustainable HR practicesworkplace incivilityillegitimate tasksworkplace ostracismfaculty membersprivate universities |
| spellingShingle | Afaq Ahmad Chenhui Zhao Ghazanfar Ali Kunshun Zhou Kunshun Zhou Jawad Iqbal The role of unsustainable HR practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracism Frontiers in Psychology unsustainable HR practices workplace incivility illegitimate tasks workplace ostracism faculty members private universities |
| title | The role of unsustainable HR practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracism |
| title_full | The role of unsustainable HR practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracism |
| title_fullStr | The role of unsustainable HR practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracism |
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| title_short | The role of unsustainable HR practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracism |
| title_sort | role of unsustainable hr practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracism |
| topic | unsustainable HR practices workplace incivility illegitimate tasks workplace ostracism faculty members private universities |
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