Purpose: This article explores how employees can perceive and be impacted by the fakeness of their company slogans. Design/methodology/approach: This conceptual study draws on the established literature on company slogans, employee audiences, and fake news to create a framework through which to...

Marketing thrives on secrets, yet surprisingly little formal attention has been paid to how the marketing of secrecy and the secrecy of marketing can play a significant role in contemporary organizations. We draw upon the fields of organizational studies, psychology, and marketing to develop a...

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Organizational Bullshit Perception Scale (OBPS) using two samples of employees of organizations in various sectors. The scale is designed to gauge perceptions of the extent of bullshit that exists in a workplace, where bullshit is defined...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the processes underlying a systems perspective on work–life balance (WLB), with a particular focus on the tensions and role negotiations that arise within and across work and non-work roles. Design/methodology/approach: The authors employed a...

This research investigated the factors that influence a decision that is often faced by employees who have made a transition from one organization to another: the decision about whether to protect secrets of their former employer or to share them with their new co-workers. A total of 111...