Can I Tell You Something? Implications of Event Disclosure at Work for Disclosers and Responders

Events are discrete happenings that are bounded in space and time, and are distinct from features of the environment that are enduring and stable. Sharing personal events with others is a very common behavior not only in daily life but also in the workplace. However, our knowledge of this behavior in the work setting is still in an infantile state. Moreover, given the valence and work-relatedness of the content of the events as well as the relationship between the discloser and the recipients, sharing events with others is a multifaceted behavior, each of which deserves examination. Two studies in this symposium explore how employees sharing their work-related positive events could impact other employees (i.e., responders). One study explores employees sharing their nonwork-related events and its implications. Another study focuses on the implications of leaders sharing their negative events with subordinates. The last study provides a comprehensive typology of leader self-disclosure with subordinates and related consequences on subordinates. Overall, our symposium introduces the cutting edge of current research on sharing personal events with others in the workplace. Workplace Interpersonal Capitalization as a Catalyst for Attaining One’s Own Glory Author: Trevor Watkins; U. of Oklahoma Author: Sarah E. Henry; U. of Oklahoma Author: Hongcai Li; West Texas A&M U. Author: Quan Lin; Shantou U. The Impact of Workplace Interpersonal Capitalization on Recipients’ Work Goal Progress Author: Chenduo Du; U. of Kentucky Author: Huiwen Lian; Texas A&M U. Benefiting from Balance: Positive Nonwork Event Disclosure in the Workplace Author: Catherine Kleshinski; Indiana U., Bloomington Author: Yixuan Li; U. of Florida Author: Chengquan Huang; U. of Florida Author: Kelly Schwind Wilson; Purdue U., West Lafayette Author: Guiyao Tang; Shandong U. Bearing My Own Bad News: The Dual Consequences of Leaders Sharing Bad News with Subordinates Author: Emily Poulton; Indiana U. - Kelley School of Business Author: Szu-Han Lin; U. of Georgia Author: Emma Laier Frank; U. of New Hampshire A Social Exchange Model of Self-Disclosure in Organizations Author: So Young Choi; PhD Candidate, Drexel U. Author: Mary Elizabeth Mawritz; Drexel U.