Office gossip useful for

Gossip can greatly complicate the work of the team. But is it possible to convert them for the benefit of the common cause?

It turns out, is quite possible. This opinion, at least, adhere to French researchers. They believe that Gossip at work   give a push for promotion in the mass of new creative ideas. In any community - at school, college, college, and of course the office - there is the one who commands the most complete information about others. Sometimes it is true, sometimes embellished fiction. And this information is promptly transmitted to all other members of the team.

Grant Michelson, director of research at the School of Business of the city of Nantes (France) says that employers can benefit from as unpleasant as the processes Gossip at work . For example, it is a great way to inform their employees about the new ideas and learn their frank opinion on the matter. These informal channels of communication are sometimes much better and more effective than official sources notification.

Grant Michelson and his colleagues are quite confident that this method of communication with the team can be successful. But it should be noted that they did not say anything about the validity of these methods from a moral point of view.

Psychology

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