Envy in the workplace

Ester Manna

Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 142, issue C, 18-21

Abstract: Envy affects the optimal employment contract offered to employees with different productivity. The employees’ envy towards colleagues distorts the effort exerted by the less productive employees. However, this distortion is mitigated when employees are also envious towards their boss.

Keywords: Adverse selection; Envy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D03 D82 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.02.034

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