People's anxieties heighten times of change and uncertainty, such as when an organization restructures, changes leadership or undertakes a merger or acquisition.
the absence of adequate information from management, people naturally create narratives to fill the void.
We can say the CEO is a control freak and it's because him that we're in this mess.
Spreading negative rumors can make us feel better in the short term, but means we are less likely to take responsibility for either our predicament or obtaining the information we need the power that be.