Linking Protestant Work Ethic to Workplace Ostracism: The Mediating Effect of Subjective Well-Being

Abstract

Abstract:In this study, the present paper examined the relationship between Protestant Work Ethic (PWE) and WorkplaceOstracism 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.

How protestant work ethic impacts employees' counterproductive work behaviors: The moderating effects of gender and party affiliation

“…To reduce CWBs with a work ethic‐based approach, this study focuses on the relationship between the PWE and CWBs. The specific religious connotations have been much reduced in the concept of PWE nowadays, and on top of that, little attention has been given to the relationships between PWE and employees' behaviors in a Chinese setting (Zhang & Shi, 2017). Our study presents a focal investigation of the PWE‐CWBs relationships in a Chinese context to address this research gap.…”