AUTHOR=Chaman Seemab , Shaheen Sadia , Hussain Asrar 

TITLE=Linking Leader’s Behavioral Integrity With Workplace Ostracism: A Mediated-Moderated Model

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.726009

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.726009

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Drawing on the social exchange theory and research on leadership influences, we developed and inspected a multilevel model to test the conditions and mechanisms through which a leader’s behavioral integrity deters workplace ostracism.  We used trust as a mediator and the narcissistic personality of a leader as a boundary condition in the relationship between a leader’s behavioral integrity and workplace ostracism. Data were collected in three-time lags from N=249 employees working in different five and four-star hotels in Pakistan. The statistical results revealed that a leader’s behavioral integrity reduces workplace ostracism. Additionally, a leader’s behavioral integrity has an indirect effect on workplace ostracism through interpersonal trust. We do not find statistical support for the moderating role of the narcissistic personality of a leader in the relationship between a leader’s behavioral integrity and workplace ostracism. Implications along with limitations and future research directions are also discussed.