Jealousy In The Workplace Research Paper

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Jealousy can be destructive in the workplace. For instance, a married woman is the personal secretary of a Primary Care Physician at his Medical Center. It is required of her to work at least one late night per week. When returning home, her irate husband met her at the door, accusing her of having an affair with the doctor. The next morning at working, her jealous husband began to argue and incriminate the doctor of sleeping with his wife. In his mind, he felt that she was in love with another man. Jealousy made him to feel betrayed. Situations like this can end up involving verbal abuse, and possible someone being shot. Another example of jealousy in the workplace is one employee being resentful of another employee, because he or she received

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