Envy and positional bias in the evolutionary psychology of management

Sarah E. Hill · David Michael Buss

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Emotions and Moral Behavior Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

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Abstract We propose that humans have evolved at least two specialized cognitive adaptations shaped by selection to solve problems associated with resource competition: (1) a positional bias by which individuals judge success in domains that affect fitness in terms of standing relative to their reference group; and (2) envy, an emotion that functions to alert individuals to fitness‐relevant advantages enjoyed by rivals and to motivate individuals to acquire those same advantages. We present new data supporting the existence of design features of these hypothesized psychological adaptations and discuss implications for economists, organizations, marketers, and managers. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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