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Workplace envy is a ubiquitous and toxic phenomenon affecting employees of all ranks and positions. Dealing with envy in such a way that minimizes harm and promotes well-being is key to an organization's success.

Workplace envy is a ubiquitous and toxic phenomenon affecting employees of all ranks and positions. Dealing with envy in such a way that minimizes harm and promotes well-being is key to an organization's success.

"We all know the pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. The Germans named this furtive delight in another's failure schadenfreude (from schaden, damage, and freude, joy), and it has perplexed philosophers and psychologists for centuries. Why can it be so satisfying to witne…

An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of others' misfortunes. You might feel schadenfreude when ...-the boss calls himself "Head of Pubic Services" on an important letter.-a co…

We all know the pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. The Germans named this furtive delight in another's failure schadenfreude (from schaden damage, and freude, joy), and it has perplexed philosophers and psychologists for centuries. Why can it be so satisfying to witness…

Envy is almost universally condemned and feared. But is its bad reputation always warranted? In this book, Sara Protasi argues that envy is more multifaceted than it seems, and that some varieties of it can be productive and even virtuous. Protasi brings together empirical evide…

"The first memory I have of reflecting philosophically about envy is from when I was about 10 years old. I remember walking in the garden of my church before Confession. That year I was preparing for my First Communion, and I was a very conscientious believer who did her spiritu…

"The first memory I have of reflecting philosophically about envy is from when I was about 10 years old. I remember walking in the garden of my church before Confession. That year I was preparing for my First Communion, and I was a very conscientious believer who did her spiritu…

From the rich theological, philosophical, and evolutionary foundations of scholarly thinking on envy, the author moves on through the social psychological work, research from organizational psychology, experimental economics, marketing, neuroscience, and anthropology, the implic…

From the rich theological, philosophical, and evolutionary foundations of scholarly thinking on envy, the author moves on through the social psychological work, research from organizational psychology, experimental economics, marketing, neuroscience, and anthropology, the implic…

"For centuries, scholars have argued that envy is the source of much aggressive behavior as well as the root cause of much unhappiness, but it is only recently that there have been attempts to examine the emotion from an empirical perspective. This book is the first of its kind …