The Journal of social psychologyHumansMotivationWorkplaceEmploymentSocial Isolation
Why is my coworker ignoring me? Understanding motives for ostracism in the workplace.
Kristin L Sommer, Joshua A Nagel
Published: 202610.1080/00224545.2025.2572652
Abstract
Workplaces offer many opportunities to engage in ostracism, yet the motives underlying workplace ostracism remain poorly understood. We draw from K. D. Williams's (1997, 2001) taxonomy of ostracism motives and contemporary theorizing in social and or…
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