Envy as pain: Rethinking the nature of envy and its implications for employees and organizations

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-129

  Tai, Kenneth ^a   Narayanan, Jayanth ^a   McAllister, Daniel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84055192747     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2009.0484     Document Type: Article

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