title: An examination of envy and jealousy in nursing academia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss envy and jealousy and how their positive and negative aspects among nurse academics affect the workplace.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  In nursing academia, jealousy and envy are common emotions, engendered by demands for high productivity, intense competition for limited resources, preferences for particular assignments and opportunities for promotions. When these feelings are moderate and part of everyday rivalry, competition and ambition benefit the organisation. However, jealousy and envy can have serious consequences including damaged relationships and communication, and the undermining of colleagues' performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Strategies are recommended to provide opportunities for self-reflection and consideration of how the workplace affects nursing academics' wellbeing and professional performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Jealousy and envy can be damaging emotions in the workplace. The embittered, hostile person can undermine and damage relationships, disrupt teams and communication, and undermine organisational performance. Discussing the positive and negative effects of envy and jealousy provides an opportunity for nursing academics to self-reflect and to consider others and their own personal and professional performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding how jealousy and envy impact on the work environment, workplace relationships and individual/team performance is important especially for early career and seasoned nursing academics alike.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.affiliation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM) and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.affiliation: University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Halcomb
authors.affiliation: Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007578:Jealousy
keywords: careers; envy; jealousy; nurse researcher; nursing academia; promotion; research; wellbeing; workplace