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

Although dishonesty is often a social phenomenon, it is primarily studied in individual
settings. However, people frequently collaborate and engage in mutual dishonest acts. We …

Interdependent situations are pervasive in human life. In these situations, it is essential to
form expectations about the others' behaviour to adapt one's own behaviour to increase …

Humans exhibit a remarkable capacity for cooperation among genetically unrelated
individuals. Yet, human cooperation is neither universal, nor stable. Instead, cooperation is …

Indirect reciprocity (IR) is a key mechanism to understand cooperation among unrelated
individuals. It involves reputations and complex information processing, arising from social …

Personality research suggests that the prediction of organizational behavior can be
improved by examining the criterion-related validity of narrow personality facets. In the …

Social norms are commonly understood as rules that dictate which behaviors are
appropriate, permissible, or obligatory in different situations for members of a given …

Research on despotic leadership and its impacts on the behavior of front-line employees
(FLE) in service organizations is nascent. Drawing on the social cognitive theory of morality …

This study examines why and when negative workplace gossip promotes self-serving
behaviors by the employees being targeted. Using conservation of resources (COR) theory …

Indirect reciprocity is a strong driver of reputation-based cooperation and previous studies
have offered ample evidence as to when and how it guides cooperation towards others …