The workplace gossip construct is currently divergently interpreted by organizational
scholars, with perceptions of its origins, functions, and impacts varying widely. In this …

This paper presents a meta-analysis on workplace gossip as a predictor of individual,
relational, and organizational outcomes. Our systematic review yielded 52 independent …

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

Applying affective events theory, this study empirically tested the framework of negative
workplace gossip and frontline employees' service sabotage. Based on a time-lagged …

Purpose Extant scholars identified negative workplace gossip as a social stressor that
negatively influences employees' behavior and attitude. Despite the burgeoning interest in …

Although preliminary research implies a tantalizing association between workplace gossip
and interpersonal relationships, little is known about how gossip shapes relationships at …

Purpose Despite the recent extending research on knowledge hiding, there is still scant
research on social stressor phenomena-related contextual antecedent factors and new …

Gossip harms power. Across 6 pre-registered primary studies and 7 pre-registered
supplemental studies, we demonstrate that a reputation for engaging in negative gossip …

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' …

Creative deviance is a creative activity that an individual privately engages in that has the
contradictory characteristics of high risk and high reward. Drawing on social learning theory …