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Gossip and reputation are core processes in societies and have substantial consequences for individuals, groups, communities, organizations, and markets.. Academic studies have found that gossip and reputation have the power to enforce social norms, facilitate cooperation, and act as a means of soci...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY, United States of America : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford handbooks series
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| Summary: |
Gossip and reputation are core processes in societies and have substantial consequences for individuals, groups, communities, organizations, and markets.. Academic studies have found that gossip and reputation have the power to enforce social norms, facilitate cooperation, and act as a means of social control. The key mechanism for the creation, maintenance, and destruction of reputations in everyday life is gossip - evaluative talk about absent third parties. Reputation and gossip are inseparably intertwined, but up until now have been mostly studied in isolation. The Oxford Handbook of Gos |
| Item Description: | Series statement from book jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 536 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190494087 0190494085 |
| Index Number: | BJ1535 |
| CLC: | C912.63-62 |
| Call Number: | C912.63-62/O984-1 |
| Contents: | Introduction : gossip and reputation -- a multidisciplinary research program -- Francesca Giardini and Rafael Witter -- Pt. I : Disciplinary foundations -- Pt. II : Individual cognition and emotion -- Pt. III : Strategic interdependences -- Pt. IV : Evolution, competition, and gender -- Pt. V : Power and status -- Pt. VI : Market, organizations, and networks -- Pt. VII : The web, computers, and technology. |