Lacanian theory's contribution to the study of workplace envy

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1669-1700

  Vidaillet, Bénédicte ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Emotion in organizations; Envy; Lacanian theory; Organizational psychology theory of the mirror stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148977657     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707084304     Document Type: Article

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