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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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Autores principales: Ahmad, Afaq, Zhao, Chenhui, Ali, Ghazanfar, Zhou, Kunshun, Iqbal, Jawad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211853
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.904726
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author Ahmad, Afaq
Zhao, Chenhui
Ali, Ghazanfar
Zhou, Kunshun
Iqbal, Jawad
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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 pubmed-95375742022-10-08 The role of unsustainable HR practices as illegitimate tasks in escalating the sense of workplace ostracism Ahmad, Afaq Zhao, Chenhui Ali, Ghazanfar Zhou, Kunshun Iqbal, Jawad Front Psychol Psychology 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. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9537574/ /pubmed/36211853 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.904726 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ahmad, Zhao, Ali, Zhou and Iqbal. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211853
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.904726
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