| dc.description.abstract | Considerable theoretical and empirical work has identified the impact of
envy on the organization and its employees. The mechanisms underlying this
emotion, however, are not well understood. To enhance the understanding of
workplace envy, we examined the relationship between envy and the secondary
affective variables, distress and job satisfaction. Furthermore, we determined how
envy might impact personal response variables in the workplace. We used
Vecchio´s theory (1995) on antecedents and consequences of envy as a theoretical
framework for our study. To test a possible behavioral coping response to envy,
we modified Vecchio´s model by adding an additional variable to it, antisocial
behavior. The present study relied on cross-sectional research design where 97
respondents from various business settings in Norway participated. Our findings
revealed envy to be directly related to distress and job satisfaction. Furthermore,
SEM analysis showed envy to have indirect and positive relation to propensity
quit via distress and job satisfaction. However, the analysis did not find antisocial
behavior to be related to envy as predicted. The limitations and implications of
these findings are discussed and the paper concludes with an outline for possible
future research.
Keywords: envy, distress, job satisfaction, propensity to quit, antisocial behavior | nb_NO |
