Rumor and gossip in interpersonal interaction and beyond: A social exchange perspective.

By R. Rosnow. 2001

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Organizational Implications of Gossip and Rumor (2004, background): “…whereas rumor is used to explain, justify, and provide meaning for emotional interests associated with issues of importance (Pendleton, 1998; Rosnow, 2001), gossip consists of talk about people, for the purpose of exchanging information, entertainment, gaining influence or social control…”
The Effect of Workplace Negative Gossip on Employee Proactive Behavior in China: The Moderating Role of Traditionality (2015, background): “Several studies have investigated gossip as a standalone concept (e.g., Chandra and Robinson 2009; Decoster et al. 2013; Rosnow and Fine 1976; Rosnow 2001).”
Problem Solving in Social Interactions on the Internet: Rumor As Social Cognition (2004, background): “In view of their importance in everyday social interaction, the dearth of attention paid to rumors by social scientists is surprising (see Rosnow 1991, 2001).”
Interpersonal chemistry through negativity: Bonding by sharing negative attitudes about others (2006, background): “We certainly do not deny that gossip behavior has its drawbacks or that bad-mouthing others can hurt feelings, create conflicts, and ‘‘stir up a cauldron of trouble’’ (Rosnow, 2001, p. 203).”
Dimensionality of interpersonal curiosity (2007, background): “…peopleinformation often has special value in the social world; obtaining it is important for social comparison (Festinger, 1954; Snyder & Ickes, 1985), while its transmission (i.e., gossiping) plays a role in forming friendships (Rosnow, 2001) and attacking adversaries (Galen & Underwood, 1997).”
Research on Gossip: Taxonomy, Methods, and Future Directions (2004, background): “The “official line,” in this age of sophisticated and instantaneously informed publics, is often dismissed in favor of “the inside scoop” that only gossip can provide (Ayim, 1994; Crampton, Hodge, & Mishra, 1998; Levin & Arluke, 1987; Rosnow, 2001).”
A Social Comparison Account of Gossip (2004, background): “The term most closely associated with evaluative talk about absent others is gossip, but it can also be called networking, shoptalk, small talk, schmoozing, or shooting the breeze (Rosnow, 2001).”
The Roles of Interpersonal Communication in Mass Media Campaigns (2007, background): “Rosnow (1991, 2001) took this view further to suggest that people generate or spread rumors as a means of coping with anxiety or uncertainty.”
Gossip in the workplace and the implications for HR management: a study of gossip and its relationship to employee cynicism (2015, background): “There are also many instances when gossip may have had negative consequences for the person targeted, especially when the gossip is entangled with fantasies of jealous, antagonistic or over-zealous individuals (Rosnow, 2001).”
Experiencing Gossip: The Foundations for a Theory of Embedded Organizational Gossip (2010, background): “Rosnow (2001) and Houmanfar and Johnson (2003) consider rumor’s content addresses important topics (i.e., events or issues), whereas gossip is more trivial and potentially entertaining, but according to Michelson and Mouly (2002), is likely to have a higher degree of “factuality.””
Let me count the ways: An integrative theory of love and hate (2005, background): “, BenZe’ev, 2000; Kernberg, 1995; Vitz & Mango, 1997), either through direct competition or confrontation or through indirect methods such as gossip (Rosnow, 2001).”
Management Are Aliens! (2006, background): “Rumors also differ from other genres of informal communication, such as gossip, which tends to be about people and serves social and political agendas (Kurland & Pelled, 2000; Noon & Delbridge, 1993; Rosnow, 2001).”
A Social Network Analysis of Positive and Negative Gossip in Organizational Life (2010, background): “Trust is a precondition for the transmission of sensitive gossip (Burt & Knez, 1996) because privacy is a crucial factor in the exchange of this type of gossip: a gossiper could find it costly or embarrassing if others were to learn about the exchange (Rosnow, 2001).”