Management are aliens! : rumors and stress during organizational change
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2006
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Bordia, P.
Jones, E.
Gallois, C.
Callan, V.
DiFonzo, N.
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Group & Organization Management, 2006; 31(5):601-621
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<jats:p>Rumors collected from a large public hospital undergoing change were content analyzed, and a typology comprising the following five broad types of change-related rumors was developed: rumors about changes to job and working conditions, nature of organizational change, poor change management, consequences of the change for organizational performance, and gossiprumors. Rumors were also classified as positive or negative on the basis of their content. As predicted, negative rumors were more prevalent than positive rumors. Finally, employees reporting negative rumors also reported more change-related stress as compared to those who reported positive rumors and those who did not report any rumors. The authors propose that rumors be treated as verbal symbols and expressions of employee concerns during organizational change.</jats:p>
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