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TimHallett @ indiana.edu
| Description | : | Warfare.
"One side, the functionalist school, sees gossip as a useful tool for enforcing social rules and maintaining group solidarity. The other school sees gossip more as a hostile endeavor by individuals selfishly trying to advance their own interests. -->But both schools have spent more time theorizing than observing gossipers in their natural habitats. “Office gossip can be a form of reputational warfare,” Dr. Hallett says. “It’s like informal gossip, but it’s richer and more elaborate. There are more layers to it because people practice indirectness and avoidance" www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/science/03tier.html |
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