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Résumé
L’être humain fait face au cours de sa vie à une multitude d’émotions, notamment la joie, la peine et la colère, qui sont ouvertement reconnues comme universelles, mais qu’en est-il de l’envie? Bien que l’envie soit présente dans toutes les cultures depuis le début de l’humanité, elle est stigmatisée, considérée comme moralement indésirable et souvent associée à des comportements socialement inacceptables. L’étude de l'envie en psychologie est encore un domaine relativement jeune avec peu d’études empiriques. Des instruments de mesure ont été construits afin de mesurer cette émotion; cependant, les auteurs ne s’entendent pas sur la structure complexe de l’envie. L’objectif de cet article est de parcourir les différentes conceptions de l’envie étayées dans la littérature et de proposer un cadre conceptuel pour d’éventuelles recherches sur le construit latent de l’envie, notamment en milieu de travail.
Mots-clés :
- Envie,
- psychologie,
- personnalité,
- comparaison sociale,
- instrument de mesure
Abstract
Human beings face a multitude of emotions throughout their lives, including joy, sorrow and anger, which are openly recognized as universal, but what about envy? Although envy has been present in all cultures since the beginning of humanity, it is stigmatized, considered morally undesirable, and often associated with socially unacceptable behaviour. The study of envy in psychology is still a relatively young field with few empirical studies. Measuring instruments have been devised to measure this emotion; however, authors disagree on the complex structure of envy. The objective of this article is to review the different interpretations of envy supported in the literature and to propose a conceptual framework for possible research on the latent construct of envy, particularly in the workplace.
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