title: The new look of office politics.
abstract: Is a sea change occurring in the organizational politics of health care institutions? How is information informally spread throughout the office? It used to be that gossip was the vehicle by which employees learned much about the organization's culture and news. But now, organizations are characterized by a growing faction of staff who are emotionally detached and have a "day-laborer" mentality. The grapevine is not as effective as it once was. Non-participation includes ignoring the grapevine both as listener and feeder. What implications does this have for your organization?
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009817:Office Management / Q000639:trends*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States