Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

• Abbas Gheadamini Harouni ¹
• Mahsan Hemtizadeh ²

¹ PhD management, lecture, Department of Management, University of Applied Sciences of Farsan Center, Tehran, Iran

² BSc. student, cultural management, Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences, Artistic culture of Drijeno Center, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

As a complex and rapidly growing phenomenon, workplace gossip has generated a wide range of findings. This rapid growth has led to confusion and fragmentation in the literature and highlights the need for a comprehensive synthesis of the literature; therefore, the present study used a systematic bibliometric literature review approach to integrate the diverse literature on workplace gossip. A sample of 258 research articles from the Web of Science and Scopus databases was systematically searched, selected, and critically reviewed. The bibliometric analysis provided a comprehensive review of the 258 articles, followed by a critical synthesis of the literature of 183 articles, organizing previous studies into two main themes: the antecedents and consequences of workplace gossip. These were categorized into three subthemes: the gossip sender, the gossip recipient, and the gossip target.In addition, a conceptual framework was developed to illustrate the interactions within the rumor triangle and a typology of rumor was classified based on organizational hierarchical levels, including vertical rumor, horizontal rumor, and mixed hierarchical rumor These were categorized into three subthemes: the gossip sender, the gossip recipient, and the gossip target.In addition, a conceptual framework was developed to illustrate the interactions within the rumor triangle and a typology of rumor was classified based on organizational hierarchical levels, including vertical rumor, horizontal rumor, and mixed hierarchical rumor

Keywords

• Spreading rumors in the workplace
• the gossip triad
• the rumor sender
• the rumor receiver
• the rumor target

Main Subjects

• Conceptualization