School of Economics and Management, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China.
BMC Psychol. 2024 Sep 13;12(1):484. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01985-2.
The goal of this study is to learn more about social media ostracism, a stressor associated with online social networks, defined by feelings of rejection, exclusion, or ignoring. We investigate the connection between social media ostracism and worker creativity. We suggest that psychological safety and psychological rumination serve as intermediaries in this relationship. Furthermore, we investigate emotional intelligence as a relationship regulator. To verify our hypothesis, we gathered data with the help of the HR department from 244 workers of nine Chinese organizations. Our research shows that psychological rumination and social media exclusion are significantly correlated, but only in workers with low emotional intelligence. Furthermore, for individuals with strong emotional intelligence, we did not discover a statistically negative association between psychological safety and social media exclusion. Findings suggest that psychological safety and psychological rumination serve as mediating factors in the relationship between employee creativity and social media exclusion. This study illuminates the negative aspects of social media ostracism and reveals how it might hinder creativity. It also emphasizes how emotional intelligence functions as a moderator. Organizations may learn a lot from this study on how to lessen the negative impacts of social media exclusion on employee creativity.
本研究旨在深入了解社交媒体排斥这一与在线社交网络相关的压力源，它是指被拒绝、排斥或忽视的感受。我们研究了社交媒体排斥与员工创造力之间的联系。我们认为心理安全感和心理反刍在这种关系中起中介作用。此外，我们还研究了情绪智力作为关系调节剂的作用。为了验证我们的假设，我们在九家中国组织的人力资源部门的帮助下收集了 244 名员工的数据。我们的研究表明，心理反刍和社交媒体排斥之间存在显著的相关性，但仅在情绪智力较低的员工中如此。此外，对于情绪智力较强的个体，我们并未发现心理安全感与社交媒体排斥之间存在统计学上的负相关。研究结果表明，心理安全感和心理反刍在员工创造力与社交媒体排斥之间的关系中起中介作用。本研究揭示了社交媒体排斥的消极方面，以及它如何可能阻碍创造力。它还强调了情绪智力作为调节因素的作用。组织可以从这项研究中学到很多东西，了解如何减轻社交媒体排斥对员工创造力的负面影响。
