Despite gossip research's predominant focus on gossipers and gossip targets, existing theoretical views and the limited yet important empirical studies converge to suggest that gossip benefits its recipients. Our research builds on conservation of resources theory to shift this consensus by examining the negative effects of supervisor-directed gossip on recipients. We theorize that hearing negative supervisor-directed gossip triggers both cognition- and affect-focused rumination, which consume resources, and we develop a research question around the moderating role of hearing positive supervisor-directed gossip. Furthermore, we propose that the aforementioned effects have cascading implications for recipients' work behaviors the following day. In a 15-day experience sampling investigation of 122 workers, we found that on days when employees hear negative gossip about the supervisor, they are more likely to engage in cognition- and affect-focused rumination, and hearing positive supervisor-directed gossip strengthens these positive relationships. In addition, we found that cognition- and affect-focused rumination lead to poor sleep quality and diminished next-morning vitality, which in turn results in reduced work engagement and supervisor-directed organizational citizenship behavior. We conclude by discussing the implications and future directions of our work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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在（接收者）一天闲聊：主管指导的八卦对接收者的沉思、睡眠质量、活力和工作成果的影响。


尽管八卦研究主要关注八卦者和八卦目标，但现有的理论观点和有限但重要的实证研究一致认为八卦对其接收者有利。我们的研究建立在资源保护理论的基础上，通过研究主管引导的八卦对接收者的负面影响来改变这种共识。我们的理论是，听到负面的主管导向的八卦会引发以认知和情感为中心的沉思，从而消耗资源，并且我们围绕听到正面的主管导向的八卦的调节作用提出了一个研究问题。此外，我们认为上述影响会对接收者第二天的工作行为产生连锁影响。在对 122 名员工进行的为期 15 天的体验抽样调查中，我们发现，在员工听到有关主管的负面八卦的日子里，他们更有可能进行以认知和情感为中心的沉思，而听到主管引导的积极八卦会强化这些思考。积极的关系。此外，我们发现以认知和情感为中心的沉思会导致睡眠质量差和第二天早上的活力减弱，进而导致工作投入度和主管指导的组织公民行为减少。最后，我们讨论了我们工作的影响和未来方向。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。