News Finding: Is it worse to receive negative attention than none at all? Ostracised workers fare worse than harassed workers 
Paper Finding: We believe a sense of belonging will at least partially mediate the relationship between ostracism and employee outcomes because ostracism threatens other psychosocial needs, even if the need to belong is the most fundamental and directly affected of these (cf.
News Context: Is it worse to receive negative attention than none at all? Ostracised workers fare worse than harassed workers 
Paper Context: Employees' sense of belonging at least partially mediates the relationships between ostracism and their (a) personal well-being, (b) work-related attitudes, and (c) turnover. We believe a sense of belonging will at least partially mediate the relationship between ostracism and employee outcomes because ostracism threatens other psychosocial needs, even if the need to belong is the most fundamental and directly affected of these (cf. A total of 146 participants opened the link to the survey, of which 100 were completed (44% male; mean age in years = 32.64, S.D.