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 …

Purpose The crucial role of knowledge sharing in an organization has become even more
crucial lately, resulting in garnering more attention by scholars. In reality, while several …

We present and test a self-consistency theory framework for gossip: that perceived negative
workplace gossip influences our self-perceptions and, in turn, this influences our behaviors …

This research is set to address the scant research on the relationship between the key
drivers and consequences of knowledge hiding within international entrepreneurial …

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

This paper applies a social network perspective to the study of organizational psychology.
Complementing the traditional focus on individual attributes, the social network perspective …

This study investigates the co-evolution of friendship and gossip in organizations. Two
contradicting perspectives are tested. The social capital perspective predicts that friendship …

This study developed and tested a relational theory of positive and negative gossip about
managers. It is argued that spreading information about managers depends on trust in …

Negative workplace behavior has received substantial research attention over the past
several decades. Although we have learned a lot about the consequences of negative …