The relationship between positive workplace gossip and job satisfaction: The mediating role of job insecurity and organizational identity

Frontiers in Psychology

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Zhaoxiang Niu¹  Chongyu Sun²  Peng Yu³  Xiaolong Wang⁴  Qihui Xue³  Yixin Hu³  Dawei Wang³ 

[1] School of Psychology, Central China Normal University;School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University;Educational Development Research Center of Southern Xinjiang, Kashi University;School of Education Science, Kashi University

关键词: positive workplace gossip;    Job Satisfaction;    Job Insecurity;    Organizational identity;    social information processing theory;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.989380

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

From the perspective of social information processing theory and social identity theory, this study recruited 1267 employees as participants to explore the relationship between positive workplace gossip and job satisfaction and the role of job insecurity and organizational identity in this relationship. The results showed that there was a significant positive correlation between positive workplace gossip and job satisfaction. Furthermore, job insecurity and organizational identity independently mediated the relationship between positive workplace gossip and employee job satisfaction. In addition, job insecurity and organizational identity played a serial mediating role in the relationship between positive workplace gossip and job satisfaction. The results of the study shed light on how job insecurity and organizational identity were associated with the process of the positive workplace gossip-job satisfaction relationship. Based on the findings, implications and avenues for future research were discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY