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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462341303321

Autore

Waddington Kathryn

Titolo

Gossip and organizations / / Kathryn Waddington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-58561-8

9786613898067

0-203-11178-8

1-136-27982-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in management, organizations, and society ; ; 20

Disciplina

650.01/4

Soggetti

Communication in organizations

Gossip

Corporate culture

Organizational behavior

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Organizing gossip -- Gossip and ethics -- Gossip and emotion -- Gossip and identity -- The politics of gossip -- Sensemaking and the management of gossip -- Future directions.

Sommario/riassunto

Gossip is a complex and ubiquitous phenomenon, widely found and variously practiced. Gossip and Organizations provides the reader with an analysis of gossip and informal knowledge across different national, organizational and cultural contexts, drawing upon empirical findings and the author's experiences of researching gossip in nursing and healthcare organizations and higher educational institutions. Kathryn Waddington aims to dispel once and for all the myth that women gossip and men have conversations, shattering the illusion that gossip at work is trivial talk.Thi