Perceptions of Negative Workplace Gossip A Self-Consistency Theory Framework

Volume: 44, Issue: 5, Pages: 1873 - 1898
Published: May 1, 2018
Abstract
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. Using supervisor-subordinate dyadic time-lagged data (n = 403), we demonstrated that perceived negative workplace gossip adversely influenced target employees’ organization-based self-esteem, which, in turn, influenced their citizenship behavior directed at the...
Paper Details
Title
Perceptions of Negative Workplace Gossip A Self-Consistency Theory Framework
Published Date
May 1, 2018
Volume
44
Issue
5
Pages
1873 - 1898
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