ArticleGroup & organization management2021
Negative Gossip Decreases Targets' Organizational Citizenship Behavior by Decreasing Social Inclusion. A Multi-Method Approach.
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- The Effect of Negative Workplace Gossip on Nurses' Turnover Intentions: The Mediating Role of Anxiety.Nursing open · 2026Article
- The pivotal role of social identification in explaining authentic leadership's effect on team organizational citizenship behavior.PloS one · 2026Article
- Negative workplace gossip and organizational citizenship behavior in the Chinese kindergarten teaching workforce: exploring interpersonal trust as a mediator.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Positive Gossip Fuels Creativity: The Roles of Cognitive Crafting and Risk Taking.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Openness to Being Gossiped About: Understanding Gossip from the Target's Perspective.Self and identity : the journal of the International Society for Self and Identity · 2025Article
- Nasty and Noble Notes: Interdependence Structures Drive Self-Serving Gossip.Personality & social psychology bulletin · 2024Article
- Workplace gossip erodes proactive work behavior: anxiety and neuroticism as underlying mechanisms.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- From the dual-dimensional perspective of employee mindfulness and superior trust, explore the influence mechanism of negative workplace gossip on work engagement.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Brokering or Sitting Between Two Chairs? A Group Perspective on Workplace Gossip.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Why does subordinates' negative workplace gossip lead to supervisor undermining? A moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Dealing With Negative Workplace Gossip: From the Perspective of Face.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Ample experimental evidence shows that negative gossip fosters cooperation in groups by increasing individuals' reputational concerns. However, recent field studies showed that negative gossip decreases organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among its targets (i.e., people whom gossip is about). Bridging these findings, we study the role of social inclusion in explaining how negative gossip affects targets' engagement in OCB. Based on social exchange theory, we predict that targets of negative gossip experience low social inclusion. In turn, we propose that low social inclusion leads to low OCB of gossip targets. Results of three studies, a correlational study (
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