Open AccessLinking Protestant Work Ethic to Workplace Ostracism: The Mediating Effect of Subjective Well-Being
Author(s) -
Suchuan Zhang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of investment and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2328-7721
pISSN - 2328-7713
DOI - 10.11648/j.jim.20170602.12
Subject(s) - ostracism , protestant work ethic , social psychology , affect (linguistics) , psychology , life satisfaction , construct (python library) , protestantism , job satisfaction , subjective well being , well being , happiness , political science , programming language , computer science , law , communication , politics , psychotherapist , capitalism
In this study, the present paper examined the relationship between Protestant Work Ethic (PWE) and Workplace Ostracism by focusing on the mediating effect of Subjective Well-Being (SWB) which is a construct with three components that include life satisfaction, positive affect and negative affect. Our theoretical model was tested using data collected from employees in different firms from different provinces in China. Analyses of multisource and lagged data from 677 employees indicated that as predicted, life satisfaction, positive affect and negative affect mediate the relationship between PWE and Workplace Ostracism. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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