Can Social Comparison Motivate Satisficers? The Role of Input versus Output in Upward Social Comparison

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Upward Social Comparison

scholarly journals Does employee envy trigger the positive outcomes at workplace? A study of upward social comparison, envy and employee performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
Muhammad Haris Khan ◽  
Ayesha Noor
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Malicious Envy ◽  
Benign Envy ◽  
Upward Social Comparison ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

The purpose of this research was to investigate the outcomes of envy in the workplace and the moderating role of perceived organizational support. Data was collected from 270 employees of the telecom industry. The cross-sectional research was conducted, and the data was collected through survey questionnaires from employees hailing from private Telecom companies in Pakistan. Results showed that upward social comparison initiates benign and malicious envy which, in turn, affects employee performance. Benign envy results in enhancing the employee performance whereas malicious envy shows no relationship with employee performance. By paying attention to supporting the employees, malicious envy can enhance employee performance.

scholarly journals Influence of Group Identification on Malicious and Benign Envy: A Cross-Sectional Developmental Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Gaviria ◽  
Laura Quintanilla ◽  
María José Navas
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Developmental Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Malicious Envy ◽  
Emotional Display ◽  
Benign Envy ◽  
Upward Social Comparison

Envy is the result of a social comparison that shows us a negative image of ourselves. The present study addresses the effect of the context of group comparison and group identification on children's expression of this emotion. Through different stories, participants aged between 6 and 11 years were exposed to four contexts of upward social comparison in which they had to adopt the role of the disadvantaged character. From their emotional responses and their decisions in a resource allocation task, three response profiles were created: malicious envy, benign envy, and non-envy. Although we found important differences between verbal and behavioral responses, the results showed greater envy, both malicious and benign, when the envied was an out-group. On the other hand, when the envied belonged to the in-group and competed with a member of the out-group, malicious but not benign envy practically disappeared. With age, envious responses decreased, and non-envious responses increased. The role of social identity in the promotion and inhibition of envy is discussed, as well as the acquisition of emotional display rules in the benign envy and non-envy profiles.

Passive social network site use and adolescent materialism: Upward social comparison as a mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Ting Hu ◽  
Qing-Qi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Network Site ◽  
Network Site ◽  
Site Use ◽  
Upward Social Comparison ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

We examined the role of upward social comparison in the relationship between passive social network site use and adolescent materialism. A sample of 718 Chinese adolescents completed measures of passive social network site use, upward social comparison, and materialism. Correlational analysis results showed that passive social network site use was significantly correlated with upward social comparison and adolescent materialism. In addition, regression analysis results showed that passive social network site use significantly predicted adolescent materialism through the mediation of upward social comparison. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The role of attainability in upward social comparison

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Braslow ◽  
Robert Arkin ◽  
Jean Guerrettaz
Keyword(s):  
Social Comparison ◽  
Upward Social Comparison
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