摘要：Abstract The relations between people leadled to the rise of various discourses including others' private lives, organizational knowledge and the aims of the organization in the informal environment of the organization. These discourses can be defined as gossips. Even though the word "gossip" expresses a negative meaning at first, it also has a positive aspect in that it strengthens informal relations and increases organizational commitment. Teachers' views of gossips in schools are capable of determining the form of administrators' behavioursbehaviors in the management of schools. Therefore, the views concerning the purpose for which gossips are used as well as the extent to which gossips are widespread form the purpose of this research. This study employs a descriptive method based on literature review. The population of the study consist of 1.474 teacher of primary schools located in the central district of Adiyaman. The research's sample is constituted by 529 teachers, by using simple random sampling method. The scale of "gossips' function" developed by Foster (2004) was used in data collection. Obtained findings indicate that no significant differences were found between male and famalefemale teachers' wiewsviews on the basis of gossip' function total scores and fun whereas a significant difference in favor of male teacher was found in the dimension of influencing. Key Words: gossip, rumour, informal relations, primary school.
关键词：gossip, rumour, informal relations, primary school.;Dedikodu, söylenti, informal ilişki, ilköğretim
