Human behavior is heavily influenced by social norms. But when and how do norms persist
or change? Complementing work on the role of top-down factors in the enforcement of …

In our review, we explore two different flavors of social norms: strength and stability. These
two fundamental features are crucial for understanding norm change and designing effective …

The coaching literature emphasizes the role of the coach–coachee working alliance in
obtaining positive coaching outcomes and proposes that a good match between coach and …

Although star employees have been well documented as having a series of positive impacts
in organizations, there is emerging evidence that they also negatively influence non-stars …

As a widespread phenomenon in organizations, negative workplace gossip may either
facilitate or inhibit knowledge hiding among gossip targets. However, existing literature has …

With the Chinese hospitality industry's continuous emphasis on environmental sustainability
and meeting customers' needs for eco-friendly services, how to motivate employees to …

Despite gossip research's predominant focus on gossipers and gossip targets, existing
theoretical views and the limited yet important empirical studies converge to suggest that …

Existing research primarily focuses on negative gossip among peers at the same
hierarchical level, often overlooking the impact of such gossip when it comes from …

Purpose Although negative workplace gossip is ubiquitous, we know little about how it
influences the sender–receiver relationship. Drawing on attribution theory and the warmth …

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 …