Gossip in organizations: From an evolutionary psychological perspective

Chulguen Yang; Robert Minjock; Bernard Voss; Stephen M. Colarelli

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2014.69

Gossip in organizations: From an evolutionary psychological perspective

Chulguen Yang, Robert Minjock, Bernard Voss, Stephen M. Colarelli

Psychology

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Abstract

Gossip is often portrayed as a trivial and even destructive behavior at work. This paper integrates previous studies on gossip using a multilevel evolutionary framework and proposes a few empirical propositions to develop a more balanced view on gossip as a medium of informal communication in organizations.

Original language	English
Pages	631-636
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2014.69
State	Published - 2014
Event	74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2014 - Philadelphia, United States Duration: Aug 1 2014 → Aug 4 2014

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Conference	74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia
Period	08/1/14 → 08/4/14

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