Negative Emotion in the Workplace: Employee Jealousy and Envy

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-179

  Vecchio, Robert P ^a,b  

^a Department of Management ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Envy; Jealousy; Stress management; Worksite stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042226763     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009592430712     Document Type: Article

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