Title: A multivariate analysis of workplace ostracism and employee engagement: the role of psychological distress and mindfulness

Authors: Eti Jain; Manisha Agarwal; Shiv Kumar Sharma; Arvind Kumar

Addresses: Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282005, India ' Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282005, India ' Department of Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India ' Department of Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of workplace ostracism on employee engagement. It further examines the moderating role of mindfulness and mediating role of psychological distress. The data was collected from 150 corporate employees from India and analysed using descriptive statistics and PLS-SEM. Workplace ostracism has a significant effect on employee engagement. The presence of mindfulness has a considerable impact whereas mediating analysis revealed an insignificant mediating role in psychological distress. The study focuses on full time employees in private businesses. Part time employees were subjected to more ostracism. HR experts may need to develop guidelines to safeguard employees from ostracism to keep them engaged. Extensive research work has been done in the context of WOS and EE. The study is a novel attempt to test the effects of workplace ostracism on employee engagement among corporate employees.

Keywords: workplace ostracism; WOS; job engagement; organisational engagement; mindfulness; psychological distress; employee engagement; EE.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2023.133568

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2023 Vol.30 No.1, pp.29 - 50

Received: 12 May 2022
Accepted: 16 May 2022
Published online: 21 Sep 2023 *

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