Engaging in upward and downward comparisons as a determinant of relative deprivation at work: A longitudinal study
By B. Buunk, R. Zurriaga, Vicente González-Romá, M. Subirats. 2003
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Abstract A longitudinal study was conducted among 93 nurses to determine the role of comparing one’s performance with that of one’s colleagues in the increase versus decrease of perceived relative deprivation at work over a period of one year. Relative deprivation at T2 had increased particularly among those high in social comparison orientation ( Gibbons & Buunk, 1999 ) who at T1 (1) more frequently engaged in upward comparisons; (2) more frequently derived positive as well as negative feelings from such comparisons; and (3) more frequently derived negative feelings from downward comparison. Moreover, engaging in downward comparison also led to an increase in perceived relative deprivation at T2. This study is one of the few to find evidence for longitudinal effects of social comparison activity, and the first to find that such effects occur only for those high in social comparison orientation.
Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology
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- Social comparison processes in an organizational context: New directions (2007, background): “A study by Buunk, Zurriaga, Gonzalez-Roma, and Subirats (2003) examined changes in perceived relative deprivation among nurses over a 1-year period.”
- Relative Deprivation (2012, background): “…(because one feels similar to the comparison target, one feels inspired by the upward comparison) or contrast comparisons (because one feels dissimilar to the comparison target, one feels threatened by the upward comparison; see B. P. Buunk et al., 2003; Leach et al., 2002; R. H. Smith, 2000).”