From, Mohan.

Title of Paper: Managing Work Place Gossips with Work Life Balancing

The Authors Name: Mohan.N. B.B.M, M.B.A, Research Scholar, Post Graduation Dept of Management Studies PES College of Engineering Mandya, Karnataka, INDIA e-mail : macmba95@gmail.com Dr.Somashekar.P Associate Professor Post Graduation Dept of Management Studies PES College of Engineering Mandya, Karnataka, INDIA e-mail: shekarsoman@rediffmail.com

Managing Work Place Gossips with Work Life Balancing ABSTRACT In todays competitive global world, it is not enough to be the best in academics or in ones own field of Business, or best Manager in a company. Worklife balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between "work" (career and ambition) and "lifestyle" (health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation). Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle calm balance" and "lifestyle choices". In organizations and on the home front, the challenge of work life balance is rising to the top of many employers and employees consciousness. In todays fast-paced society, human resource professionals seek options to positively impact on bottom line of their companies, to improve employee morale, retain employees with valuable company knowledge, and keep pace with workplace trends. This paper provides light on data and possible solutionsfor organizations and employees a like to work life balance. Three factorsglobal competition, personal lives, family values, and an ageing workforce, present challenges that exacerbate work life balance, this Paper offers the perspective that human resource professionals can assist their companies to capitalize on these factors by using work life initiatives to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace . Gossips have not left any one; Gossip is idle talk or rumor, especially about personal or private affairs of others. It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts, views and slander. The workplace Gossips is noting that it is "essentially a form of attack." Gossip is thought by many to "empower one person while disempowering another". Many companies have formal policies in their employee handbooks against gossip. Sometimes there is room for disagreement on exactly what constitutes unacceptable gossip, since workplace gossip may take the form of offhand remarks about someone's tendencies, it seems so harmless. Work place gossip can be very serious depending upon the amount of power that the gossiper has over the recipient, which will in turn affect how the gossip is interpreted. There are four types of power that are influenced by gossip:

Coercive: when a gossiper tells negative information about a person, their recipient might believe that the gossiper will also spread negative information about them. This causes the gossipers coercive power to increase. Reward: when a gossiper tells positive information about a person, their recipient might believe that the gossiper will also spread positive information about them. This causes the gossipers reward power to increase. Expert: when a gossiper seems to have very detailed knowledge of either the organization's values or about others in the work environment, their expert power becomes enhanced.

Referent: this power can either be reduced or enhanced to a point. When people view gossiping as a petty activity done to waste time, a gossipers referent power can decrease along with their reputation.

Key Words: Gossip, work life style, workplace, work life balance.