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Why Them and Not Me?

Dealing with the Problem of Envy

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As VP of Quality Control of a global pharmaceutical company, Fabienne was notorious for the way she radiated negativity. Angry and highly irritable, she ran other people down, begrudged them their positions in the company, disparaged their intelligence, and never acknowledged their achievements. She made no attempt to hide her resentment of others’ success. If someone challenged her attitude, she would retaliate, rationalizing or intellectualizing her behavior.

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Kets de Vries, M.F.R. (2017). Why Them and Not Me?. In: Riding the Leadership Rollercoaster. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45162-6_3

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