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Is there a colleague/friend who loves gossip around you?

A study published in "Psychological Science" found that gossip is not completely useless. Correctly talking about gossip has a potential benefit: promoting cooperation among colleagues.

How is the gossip promoting cooperation? This involves the three main entities of gossip:

1) Communication

First of all, your gossip must be accurate. Especially when you talk about gossip (whether it is positive or negative) out of the motivation of the other party, you will have a close cooperative relationship with the other party.

2) Receiver

The premise that the gossip can affect the cooperation decision of the recipient is that the recipient also recognizes such gossip behavior, and can avoid the misleading of false information through the diversification of information -if the other party is extremely disgusted, it is better not to say.

3) The object of the gossip

As the saying goes, the fastest way to become good friends is to have a common enemy. The level of gossip can improve the level of cooperation to a certain extent because it can be able to play a certain deterrent effect on the gossip object.

However, talking about gossip is still better than talking about bad gossip. According to research by the University of McGill's OKSANA CAIVANO, when you share the front gossip of a stranger with the other party, he will feel that you are more trustworthy.

It seems that it is not easy to talk about a gossip.

references

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Tan Hui Bang, Ma Ning, the reputation of "Gossip" and its impact on cooperation ", psychological science, 2021, vol.44, www, psysci.org/cn/y2021/v44/i6/1440

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