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Received: 25 October 2025

Accepted: 19 May 2026

First Online: 15 June 2026

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Following Chapter III Ethical Review–Article 32 of the Implementation of Ethical Review Measures for Human-Related Life Science and Medical Research issued by Chinese government, this study was exempt from ethical review and approval because it used anonymized information data for research purposes, which do not pose any harm to human subjects and do not involve the use of sensitive personal information or commercial interests. This study on the impact of moral leadership and negative workplace gossip about supervisor behavior was submitted to School of Business Administration, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economic, China. The introduction of the questionnaire provided the purpose of the study, social value, scope of information collection, potential privacy risks, and countermeasures. In addition, the signatures and contact information of the researcher and the research organization were included. Participants were asked to read the introductory part of the questionnaire, and since the questionnaire was collected online, it was processed according to the waiver of the informed consent signature, which means that the participant who took the survey agreed to fill out the questionnaire and could just fill it out and submit it without signing it. If he does not agree to be surveyed, he will refuse to fill out the questionnaire, i.e., the informed consent signature is waived. Based on this, the ethical risk of this study was extremely low, and it was approved by School of Business Administration, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economic in China without further ethical review.

: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.