Envy as Pain: Rethinking the Nature of Envy and its Implications for Employees and Organizations

• Main Authors: TAI, Kenneth, Narayanan, Jayanth, McAllister, Daniel J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Emotions; Organizational Behavior; Social Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3547; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4546/viewcontent/TaiNarayananMcAllister2012__2_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Although envy has been characterized by resentment, hostility, and ill will, researchers have begun to investigate envy's benign manifestations. We contend that the substance of envy has been confounded with its consequences. We conceptualize envy as pain at another's good fortune. This re...