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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 organizational psychology to outline the employee characteristics that bring about ostracism and the needs or goals that ostracism serves. We delineate between purposeful workplace ostracism (which is intentionally punitive or defensive) and nonpurposeful ostracism (which is unintentional but may nevertheless create harm and disrupt functioning within work groups). We conclude by discussing key ways in which stronger synergies between social psychology and the organizational sciences could advance scholars' understanding of ostracism both inside and outside the workplace.
工作场所提供了许多被排斥的机会，但人们对工作场所被排斥的动机知之甚少。我们从K. D. Williams（1997,2001）的排斥动机分类和当代社会和组织心理学的理论中，勾勒出导致排斥的员工特征以及排斥所服务的需求或目标。我们描述了有目的的职场排斥（故意惩罚或防御）和无目的的排斥（无意的，但可能会造成伤害并破坏工作小组的运作）。最后，我们讨论了社会心理学和组织科学之间更强的协同作用可以促进学者对工作场所内外排斥的理解的关键途径。
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Since John Dewey and Carl Murchison founded it in 1929, The Journal of Social Psychology has published original empirical research in all areas of basic and applied social psychology. Most articles report laboratory or field research in core areas of social and organizational psychology including the self, attribution theory, attitudes, social influence, consumer behavior, decision making, groups and teams, sterotypes and discrimination, interpersonal attraction, prosocial behavior, aggression, organizational behavior, leadership, and cross-cultural studies. Academic experts review all articles to ensure that they meet high standards.
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