The workplace gossip construct is currently divergently interpreted by organizational
scholars, with perceptions of its origins, functions, and impacts varying widely. In this …

The omnipresence of workplace gossip makes understanding gossip processes imperative
to understand social life in organizations. Although gossip research has recently increased …

Autobiographical memory theory and research have focused primarily on memories of
personally experienced events. We propose that remembering specific memories and life …

Based on social information processing theory, this study explored the impact of perceived
negative workplace gossip on employees' knowledge sharing behavior. It examined the …

Direct and indirect reciprocity are two fundamental mechanisms that promote prosocial
behavior within groups and across societies. Here, we review recent work that illustrates …

We conducted three studies to examine how the recipients of negative workplace gossip
judge the gossip sender's morality and how they respond behaviorally. Study 1 provided …

While some scholars regard workplace gossip as norm-violating behavior that costs
gossipers status, others suggest that gossip clarifies organizational norms and thereby …

Purpose People are more likely to participate in work-related events that might cause
positive and negative affective reactions. Prior research linked coworker friendship with …

This study investigates how negative workplace gossip (NWG) affects counterproductive
work behaviour (CWB) through emotional exhaustion. We seek to advance a more nuanced …

Although workplace gossip is ubiquitous, more scholarship is needed to determine how
employees may use gossip to attain valuable social resources at work—namely, their …