Jealousy is a normal emotional experience, especially for women, but when it happens in the workplace, it can not only affect your own productivity, but can also damage relationships and even endanger your physical and mental health. A survey shows that nearly 80% of people in the workplace say they have jealousy.
Survey: Jealousy makes us lose our happiness
A psychological survey of corporate employees released in July this year showed that 47.37% of employees said they are occasionally jealous, 31.58% feel they are often jealous, and only about 21.05% say they never are. The study found that employees who are often jealous have a significantly lower sense of well-being than those who are never jealous.
The impact of jealousy goes far beyond damaging relationships and reducing productivity; it can rob us of the happiness and satisfaction we get from our work itself.
Experts say that when the status and ability of employees are comparable, if one of them gets recognition from superiors, promotion, salary increase or learning opportunities, it may cause jealousy among other employees; employees with conflicting interests are also prone to jealousy, after all, honors or rewards are limited, and if they give them to others, they may lose the opportunity themselves; female employees are more likely to be jealous than male employees Jealousy, women are naturally more emotional, and their first reaction to the outside world is often emotional, while the proportion of male employees who are jealous is relatively small and will also recover more quickly.
When jealousy occurs in the workplace, it may manifest itself in uncooperative work, strained interpersonal relationships, and reduced motivation, and if these phenomena persist over time, they can seriously affect the quality of work, interpersonal relationships, and be very detrimental to the development of both the individual and the organization.
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Psychological Case: “Envy” Becomes “Resentment” Former Friends Become Enemies
Was Affected by “The first time I saw the company, I was very impressed with it. “The company’s main business is to promote the development of the company’s products and services.
Meng and Ada, who are similar in age and started at almost the same time, quickly became close friends because they had the same personality. They work well together at work and talk about everything outside of work as if they were confidants. But the change started with a reward.
Ada, who knows how to get along with her bosses, won the “Best Employee Award” at last year’s annual meeting and gradually became a “popular person” in the department. The company’s newest addition to the company’s portfolio is a new product that will be available for purchase in the future.
“For some reason, I don’t think she’s the same as she used to be, relying on the fact that she’s favored and talking and acting in a way that’s hard for me to accept.” She said, “Then finally there was a time when we had a big fight over a minor disagreement at work.”
Meng admits she was playing up the issue, taking the opportunity to release her “jealousy and envy” toward Ada. The two of them quarreled, even in front of their colleagues in the department, to shake out the “little secrets” of each other’s lives. The result was predictable, and the two friends, who were once sympathetic to each other, have since fallen out.
Expert interpretation: It’s all because of the “psychological gap”
Who hasn’t experienced jealousy? What lies behind the jealousy, besides the unspoken frustration and anger? Experts say that some studies have found that jealousy is closely related to psychological fallout, and that the causes can be divided into external and internal factors.
External factors include a sense of organizational fairness, or distributive justice. In distribution, when there is a large gap between reality and ideal, it will inevitably lead to climbing, which will produce a serious internal experience of imbalance as well as resentment toward others, causing interpersonal tension. In addition, there is also a close relationship with leadership fairness. Distribution fairness is the foundation, leadership fairness is the driving force, leadership encouragement and support to give employees hope, and vice versa, it will lead to vicious competition, jealousy will be more spread.
In addition, the root cause of jealousy is closely related to personal character. In general, people with low self-esteem tend to be more jealous, and those with high self-esteem are generally less jealous.