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

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

Large-scale non-kin cooperation is a unique ingredient of human success. This type of
cooperation is challenging to explain in a world of self-interested individuals. There is …

Ample experimental evidence shows that negative gossip fosters cooperation in groups by
increasing individuals' reputational concerns. However, recent field studies showed that …

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

During social interactions in daily life, people possess imperfect knowledge of their
interdependence (ie, how behaviors affect each person's outcomes), and what people infer …

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 …

Exploring a prevalent yet under-researched phenomenon in organizations, we examine the
effect of multi-source negative gossip (ie, gossip from coworkers and supervisors) on targets' …

Sharing negative gossip has been found to be pivotal for fostering cooperation in social
groups. The positive function gossip serves for groups suggests that gossipers should be …

Interdependence describes the mutual control different individuals have over their own and
others' outcomes. Recent research suggests that interdependence is mentally represented …