{
  "title": "Comparing your treatment with colleagues': what should you discuss with your manager?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/comparer-son-traitement-a-celui-de-ses-collegues-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-10-31",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "An arrangement granted to a colleague can easily become a benchmark. Research suggests distinguishing between an observed difference, its interpretation and the criteria that might justify it.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Building an Effective Relationship with Your Manager",
  "place": {
    "name": "Sion",
    "region": "Valais",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Leon Festinger (1954, Human Relations) proposes that people evaluate their opinions and abilities by comparing themselves with others, particularly when objective reference points are unavailable."
    },
    {
      "heading": "When comparison becomes a question of fairness",
      "point": "Jerald Greenberg (1990, Journal of Applied Psychology) studied reactions to temporary pay cuts in industrial plants, examining theft and the explanations accompanying those cuts."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The hasty conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that an effective relationship requires a manager to grant everyone exactly the same opportunities."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence and observation cannot settle",
      "point": "A general theory of social comparison and a field study of pay cuts do not provide direct evidence about working-time arrangements or access to training."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Sion",
      "point": "Within SHR's programme « Construire une relation efficace avec son manager », an exercise applicable in Sion is to select one category of comparable requests, such as access to training, within a hydropower, healthcare, viticulture or Alpine tourism team."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Festinger",
      "year": "1954",
      "source": "Human Relations"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Greenberg",
      "year": "1990",
      "source": "Journal of Applied Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 453,
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/relation-avec-son-manager/sion",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/sion",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}