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題名: | Can subordinates benefit from Manager`s gossip? | 作者: | 郭建志 Kuo, Chien-Chih Chang, Kirk |
貢獻者: | 心理系 | 關鍵詞: | Commitment; Managers; Negative gossip; Positive gossip; Subordinates | 日期: | Aug-2021 | 上傳時間: | 10-Feb-2022 | 摘要: | Every story has two sides, so does gossip. Unlike prior studies that condemn gossip, our research analyzes whether managers’ gossip benefits subordinates. Gossip is informal conversation about other people who are absent at the scene, and gossip may be positive or negative. Positive gossip contains positiveness and appreciation, whereas negative gossip encloses negativeness and depreciation. We propose that managers’ positive gossip acts as commitment facilitator, implying a sense of recognition to subordinates. We also propose that subordinates appreciate such recognition by showing commitment toward managers. Research data are gathered from anonymous questionnaires that are distributed to 117 managers and 201 subordinates from five industries in Taiwan. Bootstrapping and structural equation modeling techniques are used to analyze the data. Managers’ positive gossip is found to be correlated with subordinates’ commitment toward managers, which also mediates subordinates’ perception of well-being, team empowerment, and job embeddedness. Yet, manager’s negative gossip is not correlated with any research variables. Our research is the first of its kind to explain why managers’ gossip has potential to be a commitment facilitator, and has brought news insights into gossip literature. Implications of the research findings also help reduce | 關聯: | European Management Journal, 39(4), 497-507 | 資料類型: | article | DOI: | https://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/redir.pf?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%252Fj.emj.2020.09.009;h=repec:eee:eurman:v:39:y:2021:i:4:p:497-507 |
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