Organizational Behaviour Studies Quarterly

Organizational Behaviour Studies Quarterly

Identifying the dimensions and designing a conceptual model of gossip in the workplace using a meta-synthesis approach

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
abbas ghadaminiharoni 1
Mahsan Hemtizadeh 2
1 PhD management, lecture, Department of Management, University of Applied Sciences of Farsan Center, Tehran, Iran
2 BSc. student, cultural management, Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences, Artistic culture of Drijeno Center, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/obs.2026.2071896.3608
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the dimensions of gossip in the workplace. The present study was conducted using a qualitative meta-synthesis method. The statistical population of the present study was all articles and research conducted in the field of the research subject between 1390-1404 and 2000-2025. Sampling was carried out purposively and by counting. In this study, 777 relevant studies were found, which after review, were finally reduced to 2000 studies. The data were analyzed using the Strauss and Corbin model.The findings showed that 500 concepts, 150 subcategories, and 20 main categories were extracted, which include causal conditions (organizational factors, individual factors, job factors, communication factors, and managerial factors), contextual conditions (personality traits, social factors, and cultural factors), intervening conditions (financial situation, political and group factors), strategies (self-empowerment, strengthening organizational communications, strengthening organizational culture, and information exchange), and consequences (occupational, managerial, organizational, social, and individual)
Keywords
Workplace gossip
meta-synthesis
foundational data.
Subjects
منبع
شیری، اردشیر؛ یاسینی، علی و حسینی، آسیه‌سادات (1397)، بررسی تأثیر فرهنگ سازمانی بر نفاق در سازمان با نقش میانجی شایعه‌پراکنی در لایه‌های سازمان، فصلنامه مطالعات رفتار سازمانی، دوره 7، شماره 4: 213 ـ 243.
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