TY - JOUR T1 - Workplace ostracism and employee silence in nursing: the mediating role of organizational identification. AU - Gkorezis,Panagiotis, AU - Panagiotou,Maria, AU - Theodorou,Mamas, Y1 - 2016/04/26/ PY - 2016/04/01/accepted PY - 2016/4/27/entrez PY - 2016/4/27/pubmed PY - 2018/4/17/medline KW - mediation KW - nurses KW - nurses' silence towards patient safety KW - nursing KW - organizational identification KW - workplace ostracism SP - 2381 EP - 8 JF - Journal of advanced nursing JO - J Adv Nurs VL - 72 IS - 10 N2 - AIMS: The aim of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effect, through organizational identification, of workplace ostracism on nurses' silence towards patient safety. BACKGROUND: Employee silence in nursing has recently received attention in relation to its antecedents. Yet, very little is known about the role of workplace ostracism in generating nurses' silence. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a public hospital in Cyprus. METHOD: Data were collected from 157 nurses employed in a public hospital of Cyprus between November 2014-January 2015. To examine the present hypotheses bootstrapping analysis and Sobel test were conducted. RESULTS: Results demonstrated that workplace ostracism has an effect on nurses' silence towards patient safety. Moreover, this effect was partially mediated through organizational identification. CONCLUSIONS: Workplace ostracism among nurses significantly affects both nurses' attitude and behaviour namely organizational identification and employee silence. SN - 1365-2648 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/27113971/Workplace_ostracism_and_employee_silence_in_nursing:_the_mediating_role_of_organizational_identification_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -