Work‐to‐Family Spillover Effects of Workplace Ostracism: The Role of Work‐Home Segmentation Preferences |
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| Authors: | Jun Liu Ho Kwong Kwan Cynthia Lee Chun Hui |
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| Institution: | 1. Professor, School of Business;2. Executive director, Research Center for Cooperate Innovation and Competitiveness, Renmin University of China;3. Assistant professor of human resource management, School of International Business Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics;4. Professor, Management and Organizational Development Group of Northeastern University;5. Chair professor, Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University;6. Professor, School of Business, University of Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | This study considers workplace ostracism as a source of stress and examines its spillover effects on the family. By integrating the work‐family interface model with boundary theory, we investigate the impact of workplace ostracism as perceived by employees on their family satisfaction by examining the mediating role of work‐to‐family conflict and the moderating role of work‐home segmentation preferences. The results from a three‐wave field survey of 233 employees in China indicate that workplace ostracism is negatively related to family satisfaction; this relationship is also mediated by work‐to‐family conflict. In addition, work‐home segmentation preferences attenuate the mediating effect of work‐to‐family conflict on the relationship between workplace ostracism and family satisfaction. The theoretical and managerial implications of these findings are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | workplace ostracism family satisfaction work‐family conflict segmentation preferences |
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