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Ostracism has become a workplace paradox in today's modern organizations, which encourages social integration and teamwork. Leveraging on conservation of resource theory (COR) and affect event theory (AET) we explored the intervening role of attitude towards diversity (ATD) and the moderating role of perceived organizational spiritual climate (POSC) in the relationship between spiritual leadership (SL) and perceived workplace ostracism (PWO). Data were collected from 332 federal civil servants in Plateau State, Nigeria, at two different times. Andrew Hayes PROCESS Macro 4, models 7 and 8 were used to test the hypothesized relationships. The result on the direct link between SL and PWO was insignificant, challenging the theoretical framing of AET and COR theory. However, SL has a positive relationship with ATD, and a moderated mediation of POSC was discovered when ATD mediates between SL and PWO. The role of SL provides a better understanding of how bystander interventions help in coping with PWO through ATD. This provides an insightful explanation of the plausibility of the process in which SL relates with PWO. This study made theoretical contributions through the mediating role of ATD and how AET supported COR to convey the conserved resources to attenuate negative work outcomes.
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