Pattern of antecedents, components and consequences of employee envy in the workplace in the National Iranian Oil Company

The purpose of this research was to identify the factors affecting employees envy in the workplace and to examine the concept of employees envy in the workplace and its consequences. The purpose of this study was qualitative, based on thematic analysis and using interviewing tools with an exploratory and semi-structured approach. The statistical population of the study consisted of experts from the staff units of National Iranian Oil Company That had at least five years of experience in the organization. The sampling method was judged by snowball sampling and interviewed by 19 experts. Triangulation strategy was used for accreditation. Two methods of reliability test (stability index) and intra-subject agreement were used to measure reliability, which were 84% and 86%, respectively. After analyzing the data, individual factors, organizational injustice, cultural factors, administrative and managerial factors, political factors and structural factors were identified as the "contributing factors"; emotional, cognitive and behavioral factors were determined as "components" and personal, interpersonal, group, and organizational outcomes have been identified and discussed as "employees envy outcomes" in the workplace.