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Is it okay to feel ‘schadenfreude’ at work? Here’s how to navigate this complex emotion

  • Written by: Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sachinthanee Dissanayake, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong
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Have you ever felt delighted (perhaps secretly) when something went wrong for someone else? We may not openly admit it, but many of us have probably felt this way – sometimes intentionally, sometimes unconsciously.

This feeling has a name, borrowed into English from German: “schadenfreude”. And workplaces or other...

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