00000cab a22000004cb4500 IPP-00000188711 IPP 20160922155943.0 160922s2010 xx d | ||r ||||| || Asuncion, Ronahlee A. Workplace grapevine its impact on work relations and performace 2010 This article explores the dynamics of workplace grapevine as performed and practiced by the administrative personnel of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The findings reveal that grapevine is a powerful channel of informal communication used to perpetuate organizational values, exert power, control and influence in the workplace. Relationships either flourish or weaken which inevitably affect work relations and performance. Indeed grapevine is a natural phenomenon in organizations with far and wide ranging effects to both the workers and the workplace. To obtain valid and reliable information, a triangulation of data source and research method was done. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and diaries of administrative personnel from various units of the University were utilized. Communication Interpersonal relations University of the Philippines (Diliman) Philippine Journal of Labor and Industrial Relations Vol. XXX, no. 1 and 2 (2010), 18-46 UPD DSOLAIR Article FI