A Study on the Relationship Between Academic Ostracism and Organizational Power Sources in Higher Education

The aim of this study is to examine the predictive level of organizational power resources in higher education institutions in academicians’ perceptions of academic ostracism. In the study designed with a correlational design, data was obtained from 725 academicians using the “Workplace Ostracism Scale” (Ferris, Brown, Berry, & Lian, 2008) and the “Organizational Power Scale” (Altınkurt & Yılmaz, 2013). The obtained data were analysed by correlation and regression analysis. In the study, it was found that the academicians were exposed to legal force the most, and to the coercive force the least; It was found that they experienced a low level of academic ostracism. Again, multiple regression results showed that organizational power sources significantly predicted the academicians’ perceptions of ostracism. Among the power sources, “coercive power” explains 16% of the variance of academic ostracism perceptions. Based on the findings, it can be said that especially coercive power is the main source of academic ostracism.