The unknown force: How gossip shapes the functioning and performance of organizational groups.

Project Information

FORCE-OF-GOSSIP

Grant agreement ID: 771391

DOI 10.3030/771391

Project closed

EC signature date 20 July 2018

Start date 1 September 2018

End date 29 February 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 999 693,00

EU contribution € 1 999 693,00

Coordinated by

STICHTING VU
Netherlands

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Nasty and Noble Notes: Interdependence Structures Drive Self-Serving Gossip

Author(s): Terence D. Dores Cruz, Romy van der Lee, Myriam N. Bechtoldt, Bianca Beersma
Published in: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2023, Page(s) 1-17, ISSN 1552-7433
Publisher: Sage Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01461672231171054

Gossip and Reputation in Everyday Life

Author(s): Terence D. Dores Cruz, Isabel Thielmann, Simon Columbus, Catherine Molho, Junhui Wu, Francesca Righetti, Reinout E. de Vries, Antonis Koutsoumpis, Paul A. M. van Lange, Bianca Beersma, Daniel Balliet
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0301

What Matters Most in Supporting Cooperation, the Gossip Content or the Gossiper’s Intention? Simulating Motive Interpretation in Gossip Dynamics

Author(s): Martina Testori, Francesca Giardini, Charlotte K. Hemelrijk, Terence D. Dores Cruz, Bianca Beersma
Published in: The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Issue 26/4/1, 2023, Page(s) 1-14, ISSN 1460-7425
Publisher: University of Surrey
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.5194

How does receiving gossip from coworkers influence employees’ task performance and interpersonal deviance? The moderating roles of regulatory focus and the mediating role of vicarious learning

Author(s): Qianlin Zhu, Elena Martinescu, Bianca Beersma, Feng Wei
Published in: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 2021, ISSN 0963-1798
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1111/joop.12375

The Importance of Conceptual Clarity and Methodological Diversity for Studying Confidential Gossip – a Response and Addition to Fan et al. (2021)

Author(s): Bianca Beersma, Elena Martinescu, Martina Testori, Terence Dores Cruz, Annika Nieper
Published in: Collabra: Psychology, Issue 10(1), 2024, ISSN 2474-7394
Publisher: the University of California Press
DOI: 10.1525/collabra.92934

Honesty and dishonesty in gossip strategies: a fitness interdependence analysis

Author(s): Junhui Wu, Szabolcs Számadó, Pat Barclay, Bianca Beersma, Terence D. Dores Cruz, Sergio Lo Iacono, Annika S. Nieper, Kim Peters, Wojtek Przepiorka, Leo Tiokhin, Paul A. M. Van Lange
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021, Page(s) 1-9, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0300

Prosocial and punishment behaviors in everyday life

Author(s): Daniel Balliet, Catherine Molho, Simon Columbus, Terence D. Dores Cruz
Published in: Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022, ISSN 2352-250X
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.015

Editorial: Why People Gossip and What It Brings About: Motives for, and Consequences of, Informal Evaluative Information Exchange

Author(s): Myriam N. Bechtoldt, Bianca Beersma, Maria T. M. Dijkstra
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 11, 2020, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00024

Gossip about Coronavirus: Infection status and norm adherence shape social responses

Author(s): Terence D. Dores Cruz, Romy van der Lee, Bianca Beersma
Published in: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Issue 24/4, 2021, Page(s) 658-679, ISSN 1368-4302
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/1368430221991232

When and why does gossip increase prosocial behavior?

Author(s): Annika S. Nieper, Bianca Beersma, Maria T.M. Dijkstra, Gerben A. van Kleef
Published in: Current Opinion in Psychology, Issue Volume 44, April 2022, 2022, Page(s) Pages 315-320, ISSN 2352-2518
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.10.009

What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Others? Evidence for the Primacy of the Horizontal Dimension of Social Evaluation in Workplace Gossip.

Author(s): Elena Martinescu, Kim Peters, Bianca Beersma
Published in: International Review of Social Psychology, 2022, ISSN 2397-8570
Publisher: ADRIPS
DOI: 10.5334/irsp.687

An Integrative Definition and Framework to Study Gossip

Author(s): Terence D. Dores Cruz, Annika S. Nieper, Martina Testori, Elena Martinescu, Bianca Beersma
Published in: Group & Organization Management, Issue 46/2, 2021, Page(s) 252-285, ISSN 1059-6011
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/1059601121992887

Punishing or praising gossipers: How people interpret the motives driving negative gossip shapes its consequences

Author(s): Martina Testori, Terence D. Dores Cruz, Bianca Beersma
Published in: Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2023, ISSN 1751-9004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12924

The Bright and Dark Side of Gossip for Cooperation in Groups

Author(s): Terence D. Dores Cruz, Bianca Beersma, Maria T. M. Dijkstra, Myriam N. Bechtoldt
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 10, 2019, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01374

Getting a Grip on the Grapevine: Extension and Factor Structure of the Motives to Gossip Questionnaire

Author(s): Terence D. Dores Cruz, Daniel Balliet, Ed Sleebos, Bianca Beersma, Gerben A. Van Kleef, Marcello Gallucci
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 10, 2019, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01190

Gossip promotes cooperation only when it is pro-socially motivated

Author(s): Martina Testori; Charlotte K. Hemelrijk; Bianca Beersma
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 12 , 4790, 2022, Page(s) 1-12, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08670-7

Negative Gossip Decreases Targets’ Organizational Citizenship Behavior by Decreasing Social Inclusion. A Multi-Method Approach

Author(s): Elena Martinescu, Wiebren Jansen, Bianca Beersma
Published in: Group & Organization Management, 2021, Page(s) 105960112098687, ISSN 1059-6011
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/1059601120986876

The double-edged sword of negative supervisor gossip: When and why negative supervisor gossip promotes versus inhibits feedback seeking behavior among gossip targets

Author(s): Qianlin Zhu, Elena Martinescu, Bianca Beersma and Feng Wei
Published in: Human Relations, 2023, ISSN 0018-7267
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00187267231165885