On coffee talk and break-room chatter: Perceptions of women who gossip in the workplace

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-368

  Farley, Sally ^a   Timme, Diane ^b   Hart, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gossip; power; work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954240305     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540903365430     Document Type: Article

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