José Luis Estévez

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University of Helsinki | HY · Department of Economic and Social History

Gossip is universal, and multiple studies have demonstrated that it can have beneficial group-level outcomes when negative reports help identify defectors or norm-violators. Gossip, however, seldom happens in a social vacuum. Instead, it is enmeshed in a fabric of positive and negative relationships that creates opportunities, constraints, and also...

We develop an endogenous approach to the practice of denunciation, as an alternative to exogeneous historical and sociological accounts. It analyzes denunciation as a response to increasing pressure, which in turn increases pressure on social contacts. The research context is the trial of Waldensians in Giaveno, Italy, in 1335, headed by the inquis...

Borgatti and Everett's model (2000) remains the prevailing standard for identifying categorical core-periphery structures in empirical networks, yet this method poses two significant issues. The first concerns the handling of inter-categorical ties—those linking core and periphery actors. The second problem is the model's definition of the ideal co...

Research on foreign-background populations has traditionally centered on their high fertility rates or the pace at which these groups align with local fertility norms. However, recent studies have uncovered a contrasting trend: migrant descendants often exhibit lower fertility rates compared to their native-born peers. This study explores the parad...

Denunciation furthers social control by providing access to hard-to-reach sections of social networks. We reconceptualize “voluntary” and “coercive” regimes of denunciation in terms of coercive pressure: the credible threat of use of violence by authorities. This allows us to articulate a processual approach to denunciation as situational in nature...

Gossip is a pervasive phenomenon in organizations causing many individuals to have second-hand information about their colleagues. However, whether it is used to inform friendship choices (i.e., friendship creation, friendship maintenance, friendship discontinuation) is not that evident. This paper articulates and empirically tests a complex contag...

Brokerage is a central concept in the organization literature. It has been argued that individuals in broker positions—i.e., connecting otherwise disconnected parts within a firm’s social network—can control the flow of information. It would imply their increased relevance in workplace gossip. This allegation, however, has not been addressed empiri...

Gossip constitutes a form of human communication consisting of the transmission of evaluative information about absent others. Previous research has associated the usage of gossip with outcomes at both the individual and the group levels. Such outcomes include, among other things, the delimitation of group boundaries, the ostracism of wrong-doers,...

Complex contagion theory is used to develop novel hypotheses on the effects of workplace gossip on expressive relations. It is argued that hearing gossip from multiple senders or about multiple targets impacts receivers’ friendships with gossip targets. Hypotheses are tested in a two-wave sociometric panel study among 148 employees of three units i...

"Modern evaluation" constitutes one of the fundamental institutions of our time. Within it, the concept of stakeholder currently holds a core place. The aim of this article is to reconstruct the path the concept has undergone within the discipline, as well as the reasons which has led to its "normalisation". In both the literature on evaluation as...