Purpose

This exploratory inquiry sheds light on the nature of victim (i.e. provocative and passive) and specific work context in shaping the perceived causes and outcomes of felt workplace ostracism in teaching faculty of Pakistani higher educational institutions (HEIs) based on target-centric victimization framework.

Design/methodology/approach

This phenomenological research is based on data gathered from 30 ostracized teaching faculty members working in Pakistani public and private HEIs through in-depth semi-structured interviews. The interviews were tape-recorded, and transcription was entered in NVivo 12 Plus software to conduct thematic analysis.

Findings

This study found that provocative and submissive victim status, as well as the specific contextual factors in Pakistani HEIs (i.e. negative competition, cronyism, egoism and poor interpersonal relationships), is responsible for fostering workplace ostracism and yielding unique outcomes in each case.

Originality/value

This study has taken the scantly used target-centric victimization framework to distinguish the causes and consequences of workplace ostracism based on the nature of victim and work context in Pakistani HEIs .

中文翻译：

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是我的错吗，我将如何反应？工作场所排斥现象的感知原因和后果的现象学

目的

这项探索性探究揭示了受害人的性质（即挑衅性和被动性）以及特定工作环境，这些行为在以目标为中心的受害框架的基础上塑造巴基斯坦高等教育机构（HEI）教职员工感觉到的工作场所排斥的原因和结果。

设计/方法/方法

这项现象学研究的基础是通过深入半结构化访谈从巴基斯坦公立和私立高校工作的30名被排斥的教学人员收集的数据。对访谈进行录音，并在NVivo 12 Plus软件中输入转录记录以进行主题分析。

发现

这项研究发现，挑衅性和顺从性受害者的身份以及巴基斯坦高校中的具体背景因素（即负面竞争，裙带关系，利己主义和不良人际关系）是导致工作场所排斥并在每种情况下产生独特结果的原因。

创意/价值

这项研究采用了很少使用的以目标为中心的受害框架，根据受害人的性质和巴​​基斯坦高校的工作环境来区分工作场所排斥的原因和后果。