(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.
university detailsGossip in the workplace: A weapon or gift, new research from IUhttp://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:00
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