How to ward off the threat of workplace ostracism? The merit of self-compassion

Need-threat is the central mechanism underlying the deleterious effects of workplace ostracism. The literature acknowledges that employees respond to the thwarted needs differently. However, there is little insight into individual differences in the front end of the process — perceiving workplace ostracism as a need-threat. The present study examined self-compassion, an individual difference variable, as a buffer to the effect of workplace...