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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKPLACE OSTRACISM AND JOB PERFORMANCE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AS MEDIATOR

29 Pages : 504-513

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).29      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).29      Published : Sep 2018

The Relationship between Workplace Ostracism and Job Performance: Role of Psychological Capital as Mediator

    The objective of this research was to investigate not only the relationship among workplace Ostracism (WPO), psychological capital (PC), and job performance (JP) but also to test the mediating role of PC between WPO and JP. Data were gathered from 278 employees of public sector universities. Statistical Package for Social Sciences and Amos was used to test the relationship among all variables. Structure equation modeling was employed to test the developed model. The results showed that WPO had a significant negative relationship with PC and JP while a significant positive relationship between PC and JP was found. Furthermore, the results revealed that PC partially mediated the relationship between WPO and JP.

    WPO; PC; JP; Universities
    (1) Nazim Ali
    Assistant Professor,Department of Management Studies,University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Adnan Khan
    Lecturer,Department of Management Studies, University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Zahid Ali
    Lecturer, Department of Management Studies,University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Ali, N., Khan, A., & Ali, Z. (2018). The Relationship between Workplace Ostracism and Job Performance: Role of Psychological Capital as Mediator. Global Social Sciences Review, III(III), 504-513. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).29
    CHICAGO : Ali, Nazim, Adnan Khan, and Zahid Ali. 2018. "The Relationship between Workplace Ostracism and Job Performance: Role of Psychological Capital as Mediator." Global Social Sciences Review, III (III): 504-513 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-III).29
    HARVARD : ALI, N., KHAN, A. & ALI, Z. 2018. The Relationship between Workplace Ostracism and Job Performance: Role of Psychological Capital as Mediator. Global Social Sciences Review, III, 504-513.
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