WHISPERS IN THE WORKPLACE: HOW ORGANIZATIONAL GOSSIP AFFECTS THE OPPORTUNITY AND PREVALENCE OF WORKPLACE FRIENDSHIPS?

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 39 - 57, 27.06.2024

Ozan Büyükyılmaz , İskender Koyuncu

https://doi.org/10.54452/jrb.1275666

Abstract

This research focuses on the negative effects of gossip within the scope of social exchange theory. The aim of the study is to determine how job-related and non-job-related gossip behaviors of administrative staff at universities affect the opportunity and prevalence of workplace friendship. To achieve this goal, a study was conducted using data obtained from 300 administrative staff working at Karabuk University through a questionnaire. Hypotheses in line with the study’s purpose were tested using path analysis within the scope of structural equation modeling. The study found that both job-related and non-job-related gossip behaviors have a negative effect on workplace friendship. However, while job-related gossip behavior has a strong effect on the opportunity for friendship, non-job-related gossip has a stronger effect on the prevalence of friendship.

Keywords

Organizational Gossip, Workplace Friendship, Friendship Opportunity, Friendship Prevalence

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İŞYERİNDEKİ FISILTILAR: ÖRGÜTSEL DEDİKODU İŞYERİNDE ARKADAŞLIK KURMA FIRSATINI VE YAYGINLIĞINI NASIL ETKİLER?

Abstract

Bu araştırma, sosyal mübadele teorisi kapsamında dedikodunun olumsuz etkilerine odaklanmaktadır. Araştırmanın amacı, üniversitelerde idari personel olarak görev yapan çalışanların işle ilgili ve iş dışı dedikodu davranışlarının arkadaşlık kurma fırsatını ve arkadaşlık geliştirme derecesini ne şekilde etkilediğini belirleyebilmektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, Karabük Üniversitesi’nde görev yapmakta olan 300 idari personelden anket yoluyla elde edilen verilerle bir araştırma gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmanın amacına uygun olarak oluşturulan hipotezler, yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kapsamında yol analizi yardımı ile test edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonucunda hem işle ilgili hem de iş dışı dedikodu davranışlarının işyeri arkadaşlığı üzerinde olumsuz etkiye neden olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte işle ilgili dedikodu davranışının arkadaşlık kurma fırsatı üzerinde güçlü bir etkisi varken, iş dışı dedikodunun ise arkadaşlık geliştirme derecesi üzerinde etkisi daha güçlüdür.

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Örgütsel Dedikodu, İşyeri Arkadaşlığı, Arkadaşlık Kurma Fırsatı, Arkadaşlık Derecesi

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