Ostracism is a ubiquitous and inevitable part of human personal and professional lives.
Despite its prevalence, organizational scholars have yet to provide a comprehensive review …

Demographic, technological, and global trends have brought the language used at the
workplace to the forefront. A growing body of research reveals that language could result in …

The negative effect of workplace ostracism on employees has attracted increasing attention.
This research, drawing on the perspective of negative reciprocity belief, in combination with …

This qualitative study investigates how language diversity in multinational teams affects
communication, which, in turn, influences knowledge processing. We show that evident …

We compare migrant professionals' experiences of language-based discrimination across
physical and virtual spaces. The minority status of these professionals stems from their …

Advancing, both conceptually and practically, the equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)
agenda, which is notoriously difficult to implement, this paper addresses the under …

This study examined how exposure to social media influencer (SMI) content affects social
media engagement (SME), knowledge acquisition, social self-efficacy (SSE), and social …

Purpose The study aims to understand the phenomenon of workplace ostracism from
multiple perspectives (target, perpetrator and observer). The understanding of the …

Purpose Drawing on the theory of belongingness, this study scrutinizes the impact of
linguistic ostracism on knowledge sharing, knowledge hiding and knowledge hoarding and …

Purpose Anchored in a social control theory framework, this study aims to investigate the
mediating effect of defensive silence in the relationship between employees' perception of …