Emotions and Environments: Schadenfreude at Work
| Autor: | Fiona Edgar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Applied psychology Schadenfreude Pleasure Psyche Work (electrical) Service (economics) Human resource management Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Business and International Management Business ethics Situational ethics Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Humanistic Management Journal. 7:95-116 |
| ISSN: | 2366-6048 2366-603X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s41463-021-00109-x |
| Popis: | Organizations seeking to adopt a sustainable approach to people management need to pay particular attention to how their work environments impact employees’ wellbeing. Combining the disciplines of psychology and sustainable human resource management, this study explores the relationship between situational stimuli and wellbeing by examining how workplace structures impact employees’ emotions and behavior at work. Using a survey design, data from a sample of 408 New Zealand employees split across competitive and collaborative service environments are analyzed to see how these influence the ubiquitous, yet discreet emotion of workplace schadenfreude. Results show that while competitive structures increase prevalence of workplace schadenfreude – taking pleasure from a colleague’s misfortune – this does not appear to encourage antisocial work behaviors. How employees appraise the schadenfreude situation, as well as their national psyche, are possible factors influencing this outcome. This paper discusses these findings, along with their theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research. |
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