power and influence

Britain clears News Corp's Sky deal Kate Holton and Georgina Prodhan Reuters , LONDON - News Corp secured British government backing for its buyout of BSkyB on Thursday after the minister responsible rejected complaints the move would give Rupert Murdoch too much power and influence.

(Indiana University) Gossip in the workplace can be a weapon in reputational warfare or a gift and can offer clues to power and influence not found on organizational charts.

New research from Indiana University details how the weapon is wielded -- and its influence muted -- in a rare study that catches this national pastime on video.

The study appears in the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.