Why do people cooperate? We address this classic question by analyzing and discussing
the role of reputation: people cooperate to maintain a positive reputation in their social …

Brokerage and brokering are pervasive and consequential organizational phenomena.
Prevailing models underscore social structure and focus on the consequences that come …

People are known to adjust their behavior based on social information. Starting from 2004,
social media rapidly became a new social arena for human interaction, and scholars widely …

Reputation has been shown to provide an informal solution to the problem of cooperation in
human societies. After reviewing models that connect reputations and cooperation, we …

Gossip—a sender communicating to a receiver about an absent third party—is hypothesized
to impact reputation formation, partner selection, and cooperation. Laboratory experiments …

Recent experimental studies seem to concur that gossip is good for groups by showing that
gossip stems from prosocial motives to protect group members from non-cooperators. Thus …

When there is an opportunity to gain a positive reputation, individuals are more willing to
sacrifice their immediate self-interest. Partner choice creates opportunities for competitive …

Gossip is often invoked as playing a fundamental role for creating, sustaining, or destroy ing
cooperation. The reason seems straightforward: gossip can make or break someone's …

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 …

Gossip, or sharing information about absent others, has been identified as an effective
solution to free rider problems in situations with conflicting interests. Yet, the information …