Workplace jealousy and its impact on competencies of under-graduate medical faculty: an institution-based survey study

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the influence of workplace jealousy on the professional competencies of medical faculty, fo-cusing on understanding its implications for teaching effectiveness, collaboration, and overall institutional performance within an undergraduate medical education setting.
Methodology: A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted at Rashid Latif Khan University and its subsidiary colleges, Rashid Latif Medical College (RLMC) and Rashid Latif Khan University Medical College (RLKUMC). A validat-ed questionnaire was utilized to collect data online.
Results: Overall, 158 respondents submitted their experiences about the impact of workplace jealousy at the institute. The present study showed that most severely impacted competencies of medical faculty were academic collaboration with colleagues (63.4%, p=0000) and motivation for faculty development (60.4%, p=0.0002. The least impacted compe-tency was reduction in teaching hours (23.5%, p=0.467)
Conclusion: Workplace jealousy adversely impacts and results in plummeting motivational drive for faculty develop-ment, which further deteriorates the institute’s mission of achieving academic excellence in a competitive and challeng-ing environment.

Keywords: Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms, Emotions, Jealousy, workplace.