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The double-edged sword of negative workplace gossip: when and how negative workplace gossip promotes versus inhibits knowledge hiding
As a widespread phenomenon in organizations, negative workplace gossip may either facilitate or inhibit knowledge hiding among gossip targets....
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Does negative evaluation make you lose yourself? Effects of negative workplace gossip on workplace prosocial behavior of employee
Negative workplace gossip is a kind of cold violence in the workplace which seriously affects employees’ work and life. Existing studies have shown...
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It is Tough to Detach from Gossip: The Impact of Perceived Negative Workplace Gossip on Life Satisfaction
Gossip is ubiquitous in organizations and human life. Previous research has examined the detrimental effects of negative workplace gossip on...
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Linking negative workplace gossip to deviant workplace behavior: A social cognitive perspective
Negative workplace gossip (NWG) is a form of verbal, indirect, and covert attack against others in an organization. Given the increased ease of...
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The Effect of Negative Workplace Gossip about Supervisor on Workplace Deviance and Impression Management: The Mediating Roles of Anxiety and Guilt
Drawing upon cognitive-motivational-relational theory, we offer a framework for understanding the mechanism underlying the effect of negative...
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Assessing the impact of negative workplace gossip on family satisfaction: Evidence from employees in China
Despite a growing body of research regarding the detrimental effect of negative workplace gossip on employee outcomes, few studies have linked gossip...
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Leader humor, workplace gossip, and employee authentic self-expression: implications for employee proactive behaviors
Employee proactivity has been shown to play an important role in contemporary organizations. In the present study, we intended to understand the...
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A Review of Workplace Gossip: The Development of a Process Model for Studying Workplace Gossip
Drawing on multi-disciplinary literature, the current chapter provides a conceptual review of workplace gossip and contributes to the literature in...
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Workplace Gossip Among Dog Trainers
This chapter focuses on dog trainers as a marginalised group in exploring office gossip in their setting, within a specific organisation and how this...
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Negative school gossip and prosocial behavior among high school students: mediated by basic psychological needs satisfaction and moderated by self-compassion
Negative gossip is prevalent in schools, yet there is limited research on the relationship between negative school gossip and prosocial behavior, as...
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Workplace Gossip and the Experiences of Foreign Nationals
The phenomenon of workplace gossip has been explored in many contexts, yet few centred on the perceptions of those who come from diverse...
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Exploring the Perceptions of Diverse Groups Regarding Workplace Gossip
Office gossip can have a detrimental effect on the workplace and is often perceived negatively when such behavior occurs. However, what is not...
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Translating What Is and Isn’t Said: Voice, Gossip, and Feedback in a Global Workplace
Voice, gossip, and feedback are workplace communication interactions that unfold differently depending on employees’ national culture backgrounds and...
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Explicating Evolutionary Epistemological Concerns on Gossip and Cyberbullying
Gossip and bullying have psychosocial concerns and are usually considered as vice, bad, hence, non-virtuous. This paper deals with a plausible modest...
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Gossip in Teams
Workplace gossip has a tremendous impact on society and perceived discrimination in the workplace. Underlying issues relating to race and gender...
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The Experiences of Black African Gays and Lesbians Regarding Office Gossip
Informed by an established body of international literature on gossip and recently emerging research specifically on office gossip that to date has...
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Perceptions of Office Gossip Among Diverse Employee Groups in Saudi Arabia
Office gossip is a social phenomenon that affects people's thoughts, actions, and behaviors. It can have both positive and negative impacts on...
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The Experiences of Black African Managers on Office Gossip
This chapter explores the experiences of Black African managers as targets of office gossip. It also provides the racial elements that may be...
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“Yes, Gossip is Good!”: Competition and the Performance of Camaraderie in a University Setting
Gossip at the workplace is inevitable! The concept usually elicits negative reactions, however, several studies on gossip show that it has many...
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Oh no They Didn’t! Dishing the Dirt on Office Gossip Stemming from Envy and Jealousy
Envy and jealousy are rife within organisations. Envy and jealousy can manifest when resources are scarce and there is competition to achieve these....