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The Dark Side of Status at Work: Perceived Status Importance, Envy, and Interpersonal Deviance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2022

Niki A. den Nieuwenboer Open the ORCID record for Niki A. den Nieuwenboer [Opens in a new window] ,
Jennifer J. Kish-Gephart ,
Linda K. Treviño ,
Ann C. Peng  and
Iris Reychav
Niki A. den Nieuwenboer
Affiliation:
The University of Kansas
Jennifer J. Kish-Gephart
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Linda K. Treviño
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
Ann C. Peng
Affiliation:
University of Missouri
Iris Reychav
Affiliation:
Ariel University
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Abstract

Organizations differ in the extent to which they emphasize the importance of status, yet most extant research on the role of status at work has utilized a limited view of status as merely a matter of a person’s status rank. In contrast, we examine people’s perceptions of the extent to which having status matters in their work context and explore the behavioral implications of such perceptions. We offer a new construct, perceived status importance, defined as employees’ subjective assessment of the degree to which people within their organization are preoccupied with status. Relying on social comparison theory, we propose that higher perceived status importance triggers envy, which leads to interpersonal deviance. Across three studies, using multiwave survey and experimental designs, we find support for these relationships. We also find support for the mitigating influence of core self-evaluations on the perceived status importance—envy relationship. Implications are discussed.

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statusworkplace envyinterpersonal deviancecore self-evaluation
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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 2023 , pp. 261 - 295
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Business Ethics

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