%0 Journal Article %T A within-person examination of the effect of mentors' daily ostracism on protégés' displaced aggression and in-role performance %J Frontiers in psychology %D 2023 %A Li, Miaomiao %A Wu, Lunwen %A Qin, Yinglin %V 14 %N %P e1078332-e1078332 %X PURPOSE: Drawing on social information processing theory and social comparison theory, we test how mentors' daily ostracism triggers protégés' envy, thus leading to decreased in-role performance and increased displaced aggression.

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Using an experience sampling study across three work weeks, the study provided theoretical and empirical examinations of dynamic, within-person processes related to mentors' ostracism.

FINDINGS: Mentors' daily ostracism triggers protégés' envy, which mediates the effect of mentors' daily ostracism on protégés' displaced aggression and in-role performance. Our findings supported our hypothesis of the buffering effect of mentorship quality on the negative effect of mentors' ostracism on protégés' envy but did not show a significant moderating effect on the mediating effect of protégés' emotions between mentors' daily ostracism and protégés' behaviors. RESEARCH LIMITATIONS/IMPLICATIONS: Our study focused on the victims of mentors' ostracism on a daily basis. We constructed an overarching theoretical model to investigate how, why, and when mentors' daily ostracism leads to protégés' emotional and behavioral variability. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The study provided how to cope with ostracism and envy.

ORIGINALITY/VALUE: We discuss the theoretical implications of our findings for research on mentors' ostracism, protégés' emotions, and protégés' behaviors.

Language: en

%G en %I Frontiers Research Foundation %@ 1664-1078 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1078332