Verkkothe chapter reviews four fundamental motives/functions of gossip (group protection, social comparison, status enhancement/negative influence, and. Verkkoin this comprehensive narrative review, we seek to provide much needed clarity around the often studied and frequently demonstrated employee. Verkkowe review research on the effects of gossip on prosocial behavior. • empirical evidence shows that gossip can increase and decrease prosocial. Verkkoin this comprehensive narrative review, we seek to provide much needed clarity around the often studied and frequently demonstrated employee behavior of. Verkkohighlighting current methodological challenges that indicate a neglect of the dynamic nuances and contexts of workplace gossip, we argue that previous organizational. Verkkowe begin with the analysis of our rct, which is the policymaker’s experiment: What is the impact on diffusion of purposefully seeding gossips or. Verkkoin this research, we are interested in the role of gossip at work. To further analyse the role of gossip, we suggest that gossip shall be re. The omnipresence of workplace gossip makes understanding gossip processes imperative to understand social life in. Verkkowe found that individuals were more willing to gossip about negative and positive norm deviations compared to normative behavior regardless of the. Verkkotherefore, we gather and analyze rich data from gossip recipients to address the research question: How do gossip recipients’ experiences of.
