Research: How Keeping Organizational Secrets Impacts Employees
Briefly

Keeping an organizational secret can negatively impact employee well-being by increasing stress and creating feelings of isolation, but it can also enhance status and purpose.
Organizations can mitigate negative effects of secrecy by fostering bonds through shared experiences, emphasizing the positive aspects of secrecy, and ensuring clear communication about its necessity.
Secrecy in workplaces is essential for certain sectors, and a failure to protect sensitive information can lead to significant financial losses, such as the cost of intellectual property theft.
It's crucial for managers to support employees' well-being, particularly regarding stress and loneliness, while also communicating the rationale behind organizational secrecy.
Read at Harvard Business Review
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