B. Vidaillet

Workplace Envy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Workplace envy can affect everyone. This book reveals that workplace envy is an omnipresent emotion in contemporary organizations. The factors that are likely to reinforce envy in the workplace are explored in depth, along with possible solutions to prevent envy from developing in such a way that it becomes harmful to an organization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-20549-9
• 2008
• Seitenzahl: 183
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 341g
• ISBN-13: 9780230205499
• ISBN-10: 0230205496
• Artikelnr.: 23801184

Autorenporträt

BÉNÉDICTE VIDAILLET is Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Institute for Business Administration at the University of Lille, France. Her research focuses on irrationality in organizational decision making as well as on emotion at work.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The complexity of envy The effects of envy on the organization Envy, desire and mimetism How management systems produce envy Envy and narcissism in contemporary organizations Identifying situations that might generate envy, so as to avoid emotional toxicity Healthier organizations Conclusion

Rezensionen

Winner (in French) of the Prix du Livre Ressources Humaines. This prize is awarded according to the novelty, topicality and originality of theme, clarity of scientific explanations, readability, educational quality, practicality, and completeness of analysis.

Reviews of the French edition (translated from French)

'a very original book on an essential issue never before discussed in the literature ( ). A book that every manager should have read.' - Roland Chabrier, organizer of the Prix du Livre Ressources Humaines

'a book chosen for its novelty, its clarity and its readability ( ) on a crucial topic' - Le Monde

'an outstanding mastery of the subject' - Impulser