Purpose

The purpose of this study is to better understand the effect of workplace ostracism on cyberloafing by examining the mediating effect of moral disengagement. The role of organisational commitment as a moderator of the association between workplace ostracism and cyberloafing is also examined.

Design/methodology/approach

The proposed hypotheses are tested with survey data collected from 243 employees among public listed companies in Malaysia. Data are analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling.

Findings

The results show that workplace ostracism has a significant positive influence on cyberloafing. Furthermore, it is observed that workplace ostracism serves as a mediating factor in the link between workplace ostracism and cyberloafing. Finally, organisational commitment is revealed to have no significant moderating effect on the relationship between workplace ostracism and cyberloafing.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to build and test a model based on social cognitive theory that examines the fundamental mechanisms through which workplace ostracism influences cyberloafing.

中文翻译：

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工作场所排斥和网络闲散：社会认知视角

目的

本研究的目的是通过检验道德脱离的中介作用，更好地了解工作场所排斥对网络闲散的影响。还研究了组织承诺作为工作场所排斥和网络闲散之间关联的调节因素的作用。

设计/方法论/途径

所提出的假设通过从马来西亚上市公司 243 名员工收集的调查数据进行了检验。使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型分析数据。

发现

结果表明，职场排斥对网络闲散有显着的正向影响。此外，据观察，工作场所排斥是工作场所排斥与网络闲散之间联系的中介因素。最后，组织承诺对工作场所排斥和网络闲散之间的关系没有显着的调节作用。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，这是第一项建立和测试基于社会认知理论的模型的研究，该模型探讨了工作场所排斥影响网络闲散的基本机制。