Cheng, Bao; Dong, Yun; Zhang, Zhenduo; Shaalan, Ahmed; Guo, Gongxing; Peng, Yan
(Springer, 2020-10-15)
This study examines why and when negative workplace gossip promotes self-serving behaviors by the employees being targeted. Using conservation of resources (COR) theory, we find that targets tend to increase their political ...