This study adds to business ethics research by investigating how employees' exposure to workplace bullying might spur their negative gossip behaviors, as well as how this effect might be buffered by their access to two personal resources (religiosity and innovation propensity) and two contextual resources (work meaningfulness and trust in top management). Survey data collected among Canadian-based employees who work in the religious sector reveal that workplace bullying increases the likelihood that they spread negative rumors about other organizational members, but this effect is weaker when employees (1) can draw from their religious faith, (2) are motivated to generate innovative ideas, (3) derive meaning from their work, and (4) have confidence in the trustworthiness of top management. For management scholars and practitioners, this study thus pinpoints different resources that diminish the risk that workplace bullying infuses work environments with even more negative energy, as might occur if bullying spills over into additional, negative gossip behaviors.

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暴露于工作场所欺凌和负面八卦行为：个人和背景资源的缓冲作用

本研究通过调查员工暴露于工作场所欺凌如何刺激他们的负面八卦行为，以及这种影响如何通过他们获得两种个人资源（宗教信仰和创新倾向）和两种背景资源（工作的意义和对高层管理人员的信任）。在从事宗教工作的加拿大雇员中收集的调查数据显示，工作场所欺凌增加了他们散布有关其他组织成员的负面谣言的可能性，但当雇员 (1) 可以从他们的宗教信仰中汲取灵感时，这种影响会减弱，(2 ) 有动力产生创新想法，(3) 从工作中获得意义，(4) 对高层管理人员的可信赖性充满信心。对于管理学者和从业者来说，