Talking behind their backs: Negative gossip and burnout in Hospitals

Γεωργαντά, Κατερίνα; Panagopoulou, Efharis; Montgomery, Anthony

doi:10.1016/j.burn.2014.07.003

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“…Gossip could also indicate low trust, burnout, hostile relationships, and infrequent contact with managers (Ellwardt, Labianca, & Wittek, 2012). Georganta, Panagopoulou, & Montgomery (2014) stated that gossip is positively related to emotional exhaustion and depersonalization such as job stress. Traditionally, gossip has been viewed negatively and needs to be minimized in the context of the organization, if not eliminated completely.…”

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Impact of Demographic Variables on Job Stress Factors: A Study on Turkish Employees

Aydin

2018

isarder

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Pursuant to research regarding hotel management and tourism, several stress factors have been determined to affect both employees and managers. However, relevant literature does not adequately explore the effect of demographic variables on the stress factors. Moreover, no measurement has been identified to test job stress factors for Turkish hotel employees. Accordingly, this study, particularly aimed (a) to develop a scaling method for examining job stress factors for hotel employees in Turkey, and (b) to examine the differences between demographic characteristics and job stress factors obtained from the scaling endeavor. A convenience sampling method was used to determine the participants in the study. Then, face-to-face questionnaires were administered to employees at four-and five-star hotels in Istanbul. In total, 500 questionnaires were delivered to the employees, and 379 questionnaire forms were considered valid. At the end of the study, scaling was obtained that includes 33 items falling under six job stress factors, the factors of job stress and factor items were ranked and then, the differences between the demographic variables and job stress factors were presented.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Impact of Demographic Variables on Job Stress Factors: A Study on Turkish Employees

Aydin

2018

isarder

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“…According to the explanatory dictionary, gossip is "a casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people or their private life; an indiscrete, irresponsible information that is socially and ethically misleading." Negative characteristics are used when describing gossip, but the meaning of this term cannot be restricted to negative aspects (Michelson et al, 2010;Grosser et al, 2012;Georganta et al, 2014).…”

Section: Informal Knowledge Sharing: Workplace Gossipmentioning

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Formal and Informal Knowledge Sharing in Organisations from Slovakia and Hungary

Juhász¹,

Mura²,

Csanádi³

2019

EBER

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“…In fact, nurses with high level of social interactions are in the best positions to produce and disseminate gossip. Changing the topics of conversations from work issues to personal subjects, detach their minds from routine patterns and stressful work conditions of hospital and patients and help them to stay calm and jolly (Georganta, Panagopoulou, & Montgomery, 2014).…”

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An overview of the social functions of gossip in the hospitals

Aghbolagh¹,

Ardabili²

2016

MIHS

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This article deals with the functions of gossip in society and institutional environments. According to available literature, the functions of gossip in society can be divided in to four major areas including information, entertainment, friendship or intimacy, and penetration. Among organizational employees such as hospital nurses, gossiping has positive and negative results at both the individual and organizational levels. Thus, nurses can reduce their stress and anxiety at their workplace through involving in environmental gossip. Meanwhile, uncontrolled or negative gossip can be harmful for organizational interests.

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Talking behind their backs: Negative gossip and burnout in Hospitals

Cited by 42 publications

References 43 publications

Impact of Demographic Variables on Job Stress Factors: A Study on Turkish Employees

Impact of Demographic Variables on Job Stress Factors: A Study on Turkish Employees

Formal and Informal Knowledge Sharing in Organisations from Slovakia and Hungary

An overview of the social functions of gossip in the hospitals

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