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Competition between groups and in the workplace

1. Competitive psychological climate, conflict and psychological contract breach (academic paper, 2023)

A well referenced academic article that explains the relationship between psychological contract breach (i.e. is an organisation doing what it said it would?) and competition in the workplace. Gives a good summary of current research and includes unique research conducted by the authors.

2. The pros and cons of competition among employees (article, 2017)

Harvard Business Review article that discusses situations where competition can bring about improved results and situations where competition can be destructive.  

3. When competition between co-workers leads to unethical behavior (article, 2018)

Harvard Business Review article that discusses situations where competition in the workplace can lead to unethical behaviour. The authors research is based on a study of performance management systems and how they impact ethics. The abstract can be found here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hrm.21913

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