Envy in the Philosophical Tradition

D’Arms, Justin; Kerr, Alison Duncan

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“…Definitions of envy often include an ingredient of resentment, in the sense that the envied person can seem undeserving of his or her advantage (e.g., Ben‐Ze’ev, 2000; Heider, 1958; Smith, 1991). Although it is difficult to disentangle such resentful feelings in envy from resentment proper (D’Arms & Kerr, 2008; Leach, 2008; Miceli & Castelfranchi, 2007; Rawls, 1971; Smith, 1991; Smith & Kim, 2007), this prevalent aspect of invidious feelings suggests another reason why envy should lead to schadenfreude if the envied person suffers: to the extent that envy contains resentment, the misfortune will also seem deserved. As we outlined above, deservingness is a strong predictor of schadenfreude , perhaps the strongest (Feather, 1994, 2006; Feather & Sherman, 2002; Portman, 2000).…”

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Exploring the When and Why of Schadenfreude

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Social & Personality Psych

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We summarize the empirical work on schadenfreude, or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. Although schadenfreude is a socially undesirable emotion, research reveals at least three conditions in which it commonly arises. One condition is when observers gain from the misfortune. We discuss research showing that gains in ingroup outcomes based on the failures of rival outgroups can create schadenfreude, especially for those highly identified with their ingroups. A second condition is when another's misfortune is deserved. We focus on research showing that the misfortunes of hypocrites are perceived as highly deserved and therefore create schadenfreude in observers. A third condition is when a misfortune befalls an envied person. We summarize studies showing that the core ingredients of envy prime the envying person for schadenfreude when the envied person suffers.

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Exploring the When and Why of Schadenfreude

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“…Many researchers in the unitary approach also agree that envy requires hostile feelings (e.g., Cohen-Charash, 2009; Miceli & Castelfranchi, 2007; Smith & Kim, 2007), although some dispute it (e.g., D’Arms & Kerr, 2008; Leach, 2008). Hostile feelings can emerge for various reasons, such as associating one’s inferiority with the mere presence of the envied other and wishing that the inferiority-arousing gap with the other would disappear (Castelfranchi & Miceli, 2009), or perceiving either the other’s relative advantages or one’s own relative inferior status as unfair (Smith, 1991; Smith et al, 1994).…”

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Envy: An Adversarial Review and Comparison of Two Competing Views

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The nature of envy has recently been the subject of a heated debate. Some researchers see envy as a complex, yet unitary construct that despite being hostile in nature can lead to both hostile and nonhostile reactions. Others offer a dual approach to envy, in which envy’s outcomes reflect two types of envy: benign envy, involving upward motivation, and malicious envy, involving hostility against superior others. We compare these competing conceptualizations of envy in an adversarial (yet collaborative) review. Our goal is to aid the consumers of envy research in navigating the intricacies of this debate. We identify agreements and disagreements and describe implications for theory, methodology, and measurement, as well as challenges and opportunities for future work.

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“…Furthermore, envy at work has been specifically proposed to elicit “negativity and hostility toward others” (Tai et al, 2012, p. 108) who are envied (Duffy et al, 2008; Dunn & Schweitzer, 2006; Khan, Quratulain, & Bell, 2014; Lee & Gino, 2016). Finally, research shows that envy is associated with “the pernicious desire to deprive the envied of their advantage, even when this advantage has been gained through proper means” (D’Arms & Kerr, 2008; Leheta et al, 2017, p. 453).…”

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Supervisory Abuse of High Performers: A Social Comparison Perspective

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Prior research linking employee performance to abusive supervision suggests that supervisors have instrumental and non‐instrumental reasons for engaging in abuse while dealing with low performers in the workplace. Drawing on social comparison theory, we argue that high‐performing subordinates can make supervisors envious, which in turn leads to abusive supervisory behavior. Furthermore, we hypothesize supervisor social comparison orientation as a key boundary condition for the indirect positive effect of subordinate performance on abusive supervision through supervisor envy; that is, supervisors are more likely to abuse high performers when the supervisors’ social comparison orientation is high. A multi‐source, multi‐wave field study was conducted with data collected from supervisor‐subordinate dyads (N = 95 supervisors and 385 subordinates). The data supported a positive indirect effect of employee performance on abusive supervision through supervisor envy. Moreover, the indirect effect was statistically significant for supervisors with high social comparison orientation but it was not significant for supervisors with low social comparison orientation. Implications of these findings for reducing abusive supervision are discussed.

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Envy in the Philosophical Tradition

Cited by 52 publications

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Exploring the When and Why of Schadenfreude

Exploring the When and Why of Schadenfreude

Envy: An Adversarial Review and Comparison of Two Competing Views

Supervisory Abuse of High Performers: A Social Comparison Perspective

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