Organizational cynicism, silence, gossip, "onstage communication", "offstage communication"

<p>Three datasets: Study 1, Study2, Study 3 relate to the consequences of organizational cynicism, which are negative gossip about the supervisor and employee silence. The eleven item scale of organizational cynicism developed by Brandes, Dharwadkar and Dean and presented by Kim et al. (2009) was used to measure the three aspects of organizational cynicim.&nbsp;In order to measure employee silence, the Four Forms of Employee Silence Scale (Knoll &amp; van Dick, 2013, adapted by Adamska &amp; Jurek, 2017)&nbsp;was used.&nbsp;To measure negative gossip about a supervisor a subscale of Work Gossip Scale developed by Brady et al. (2017) was used. It consists of five items.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <table> <caption>Describtion codes</caption> <tbody> <tr> <td>Variable name</td> <td>Variable&nbsp;</td> <td>Measurement unit</td> <td>Allowed values</td> <td>Description</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wiek</td> <td>age</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>18-73</td> <td>Age of participants in years</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Płeć</td> <td>sex</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1=female 2=male</td> <td>Participant&#39;s gender</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wyksztalcenie</td> <td>education</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1=primary 2=lower secondary 3=vacational 4=secondary 5=higher education</td> <td>Participant&#39;s education</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stażog&oacute;lny</td> <td>general seniority</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>0,1-53</td> <td>Participant&#39;s general seniority</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stażobecny&nbsp;</td> <td>current seniority</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>0.1-32</td> <td>Participant&#39;s seniority in the current place of employment</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C1</td> <td>organizational cynicim item 1</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>cognitive cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C2</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>affective cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C3</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 3</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>behavioral cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C4</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 4</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>cognitive cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C5</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 5</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>affective cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C6</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 6</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>behvioral cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C7</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 7</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>cognitive cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C8</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 8</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>affective cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C9</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 9</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>behavioral cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C10</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 10</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>cognitive cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C11</td> <td>organizational cynicism item 11</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-5</td> <td>affective cynicism</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M1</td> <td>employee silence item 1</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>quiescent silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M2</td> <td>employee silence item 2</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>quiescent silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M3</td> <td>employee silence item 3</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>prosocial silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M4</td> <td>employee silence item 4</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>prosocial silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M5</td> <td>employee silence item 5</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>acquiescent silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M6</td> <td>employee silence item 6</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>acquiescent silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M7</td> <td>employee silence item 7</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>acquiesent silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M8</td> <td>employee silence item 8</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>opportunistic silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M9</td> <td>employee silence item 9</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>prosocial silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M10</td> <td>employee silence item 10</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>opportuistic silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M11</td> <td>employee silence item 11</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>quiescence silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>M12</td> <td>employee silence item 12</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>opportunistic silence</td> </tr> <tr> <td>PL1</td> <td>&nbsp;item1</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>negative gossip about a superviosor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>PL2</td> <td>item 2</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>negative gossip about a supervisor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>PL3</td> <td>&nbsp;item 3</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>negative gossip about a supervisor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>PL4</td> <td>&nbsp;item 4</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>negative gossip about supervisor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>PL5</td> <td>&nbsp;item 5</td> <td>numeric</td> <td>1-7</td> <td>negative gossip about a supervisor</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p>