Factors Affecting Workplace Ostracism among Government and Private Firms’ Employees

Pushkar Dubey, Kshitijay Singh, Kailash Kumar Sahu

2025

Abstract

I don’t want to overlook workplace ostracism the experience of being ignored/ excluded from workplace communication for life which has devastating consequences on both, the employee and the organization. This research explores the drivers of workplace ostracism (WO) of frontline employees working in government and private organizations within Chhattisgarh, India, which include abusive supervision (AS), workplace bullying (WB), workplace incivility (WI), interpersonal deviance (IDS), interpersonal distrust (ID), negative workplace gossip (NWS), organizational politics (OP), and social undermining (SU), supervisor support (SS) and voice behavior (VB) as the antecedents of WO. Data from 629 employees from government and private sector firms was collected through a structured questionnaire, and the relationship between workplace ostracism and its antecedents was analyzed using the PLS-SEM method. Results show that WI and WB are the leading predictors of WO, thus implying exacerbation of social exclusion. AS, IDS, ID, NWG, OP, SU, SS, and VB were not found to have a direct effect from other variables. These findings underscore the importance of inclusive workplace policies, effective leadership training, conflict resolution and emotional intelligence programs to mitigate workplace ostracism and foster a more positive work environment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Dubey P., Singh K. and Sahu K. (2025). Factors Affecting Workplace Ostracism among Government and Private Firms’ Employees. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25; ISBN 978-989-758-777-1, SciTePress, pages 438-446. DOI: 10.5220/0013914400004919

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icrdicct`2525,
author={Pushkar Dubey and Kshitijay Singh and Kailash Sahu},
title={Factors Affecting Workplace Ostracism among Government and Private Firms’ Employees},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25},
year={2025},
pages={438-446},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013914400004919},
isbn={978-989-758-777-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25
TI - Factors Affecting Workplace Ostracism among Government and Private Firms’ Employees
SN - 978-989-758-777-1
AU - Dubey P.
AU - Singh K.
AU - Sahu K.
PY - 2025
SP - 438
EP - 446
DO - 10.5220/0013914400004919
PB - SciTePress