Research Papers / Research Paper on Workplace Gossip - Considering Research Goal [4]

Hello, I am writing a research paper about gossiping and have so far encountered some decision difficulties.

1. About the goal of the research, I have been told it should be significant, as in what can I contribute to the already existing literature. Since gossip is a universal occurrence , what kind of interesting purpose can I focus my paper on?

I have been thinking about how to deal with gossiping as employees but that just sounds somewhat irrelevant. -_-

2. I've been also thinking about writing it on gossip in general, and put gossiping at work as a subtitle. Is this a good idea considering the nature of this topic?

Thank you very much for all your help! :)