THE ROLE OF TEAM GOSSIP IN MITIGATING THE DETRIMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF TEAM ABUSIVE SUPERVISION

Rui Zhong; Lingtao Yu; Jinlong Zhu

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2021.67

THE ROLE OF TEAM GOSSIP IN MITIGATING THE DETRIMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF TEAM ABUSIVE SUPERVISION

Rui Zhong, Lingtao Yu, Jinlong Zhu

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Abstract

We draw upon social functional theory of gossip to theorize that team gossip buffers the harmful effects of team abusive supervision on team performance and team voluntary turnover via a dual-path mechanism: aggressive team norms and affective team trust. To test our hypotheses, we conducted a multi-wave, multi-source field study with a sample of 111 work teams. The results largely supported our model, showing that team members' negative gossip about the abusive team leader is a powerful tool to mitigate abusive supervision's detrimental consequences for team effectiveness.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.67
State	Published - 2021
Event	81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2021: Bringing the Manager Back in Management, AoM 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: Jul 29 2021 → Aug 4 2021

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Management Information Systems
Management of Technology and Innovation
Industrial relations

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