Add another benefit to working from home: With fewer serendipitous watercooler conversations, a fully remote team may slow down office gossip, says Sara J. Perry, professor of management at Baylor ...

Rumor has it that gossip can be a positive force in workplace cultures, under the right circumstances. While talking smack behind a colleague’s back likely won’t produce any personal or organizational ...

When a work setting consists of at least three people, it seems that gossip will occur at some point. But what do we mean by “gossip”? Likely everyone has their own take on what constitutes gossip ...

Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s workplace advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer your biggest and most pressing ...