Negative workplace gossip and targets’ subjective well-being: a moderated mediation model

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dc.contributor.authorCheng, Bao
dc.contributor.authorPeng, Yan
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Xing
dc.contributor.authorShaalan, Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorTourky, Marwa
dc.contributor.authorDong, Yun
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-18T11:01:22Z
dc.date.available2022-02-18T11:01:22Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-25
dc.description.abstractNegative gossip is an everyday part of life and work whose outcomes have been the focus of a growing number of studies. However, the impact of negative workplace gossip on employees’ subjective well-being (SWB) appears to have received no attention in the literature. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we use time-lagged data from 243 employees in five firms in China to investigate the processes underlying the links between negative workplace gossip and SWB. Our findings show that negative workplace gossip has a significant negative effect on SWB, and that psychological distress mediates this relationship. We also find that emotional intelligence plays a moderating role between negative workplace gossip and targets’ psychological distress. Our results indicate for the first time that negative workplace gossip increases psychological distress and lowers SWB among its targets. As a result, several managerial implications are suggested, such as seeking to reduce the prevalence of negative workplace gossip, offering early support to employees in psychological distress, and taking steps to raise the emotional intelligence level of staff.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationCheng B, Peng Y, Zhou X, et al., (2023) Negative workplace gossip and targets’ subjective well-being: a moderated mediation model. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 34, Issue 9, 2023, pp. 1757-1781en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0958-5192
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2022.2029931
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17584
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectNegative workplace gossipen_UK
dc.subjectpsychological distressen_UK
dc.subjectemotional intelligenceen_UK
dc.subjectSWBen_UK
dc.subjectconservation of resources theoryen_UK
dc.titleNegative workplace gossip and targets’ subjective well-being: a moderated mediation modelen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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