Workplace Jealousy and Envy on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Study on Healthcare Organızation

Abstract

The concept of workplace jealousy can be defined as a pattern of thought, emotion and behavior resulting from an employee's loss of self-esteem and organizational citizenship behavior, on the other hand, is expressed as behaviors that are made voluntarily by employees, that are not expected in return and that are within the scope of dedication to the organization. This study examines the effect of workplace jealousy level of employees on organizational citizenship behavior. For this aim, a survey-based study was conducted on a total of 110 employees at the City Hospital in Erzurum, Turkey. After the necessary analyzes were applied to the data obtained from the participants, it was concluded that jealousy had significant and negative effects on courtesy and altruism, which are dimensions representing organizational citizenship behavior.