Extremists may even sabotage if they find a particular change exceptionally threatening. If they are part of the process or come up with some implementing ideas themselves, their resistance may decrease. It is often their way of getting back at colleagues, managers or the organization because of their unhappiness with how they are being treated. When they feel they are in a dead-end career road, they lose their enthusiasm for work and try to do as little as possible. They take out their negativity toward work by spreading rumors.
Rumormongers sense a loss of control over their environments or other people.
Rumors help them regain that control. Give people in the organization the information and facts they need. Doing so gives them little motivation to listen to the rumormongers. They are unhappy with the way things are no matter what you try to do for them. You won't be able to change their attitude easily.