Gossip is Good for the Office, Study Shows

A paper by two professors at the University of Amsterdam has found that gossip helps identify employees who are skirting their responsibilities, making the office a more efficient place, Forbes says.

The paper was published in April in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

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“The results of our studies show that gossip may not always be as negative as one might believe at first,” Bianca Beersma, the study’s co-author, told British newspaper Mail Online. “Gossip allows people to gather and validate information, to enjoy themselves with others, and to protect their group.”

Read more at Forbes.