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Procedural injustice in the workplace, sensitivity to befallen injustice, and job satisfaction

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Dörfel, Martin
Schmitt, Manfred

Other kind(s) of contributor

Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral" der Universität Trier, FB I - Psychologie

Abstract / Description

Survey data from 295 employees were used for testing two hypotheses: (1) Procedural injustice at work has negative effects on psychosomatic well-being. (2) The impact of procedural injustice depends on the person´s justice sensitivity. Justice sensitivity as well as desired and perceived procedural fairness according to Leventhal´s criteria (consistency, nonpartiality, accuracy, correctability, representativeness) were measured via questionnaire. Job satisfaction, number of sick days during the last six month, and number of days a person felt sick at work during the last six month served as indicators of psychosomatic well-being. The difference between desired and perceived procedural fairness (ought-is discrepancy) was used as a measure of procedural unfairness. Psychosomatic well-being was predicted from the ought-is discrepancy with justice sensitivity serving as a moderator. Hypotheses were tested via moderated regression analyses. In line with the first hypothesis, procedural unfairness had a negative effect on psychosomatic well-being. In partial support of the second hypothesis, justice sensitivity moderated this effect on two measures of psychosomatic well-being.

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Psychologie

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Date of first publication

1997

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Berichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral"; 103

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Dörfel, Martin
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Schmitt, Manfred
  • Other kind(s) of contributor
    Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral" der Universität Trier, FB I - Psychologie
    de
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:11:47Z
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    2004-03-22
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  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:11:47Z
  • Date of first publication
    1997
  • Abstract / Description
    Survey data from 295 employees were used for testing two hypotheses: (1) Procedural injustice at work has negative effects on psychosomatic well-being. (2) The impact of procedural injustice depends on the person´s justice sensitivity. Justice sensitivity as well as desired and perceived procedural fairness according to Leventhal´s criteria (consistency, nonpartiality, accuracy, correctability, representativeness) were measured via questionnaire. Job satisfaction, number of sick days during the last six month, and number of days a person felt sick at work during the last six month served as indicators of psychosomatic well-being. The difference between desired and perceived procedural fairness (ought-is discrepancy) was used as a measure of procedural unfairness. Psychosomatic well-being was predicted from the ought-is discrepancy with justice sensitivity serving as a moderator. Hypotheses were tested via moderated regression analyses. In line with the first hypothesis, procedural unfairness had a negative effect on psychosomatic well-being. In partial support of the second hypothesis, justice sensitivity moderated this effect on two measures of psychosomatic well-being.
    en
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-1719
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/122
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.9270
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    Berichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral", Nr. 103, ISSN 1430-1148, http://www.gerechtigkeitsforschung.de/berichte/beri103.pdf
  • Is part of series
    Berichte aus der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral"; 103
  • Keyword(s)
    Psychologie
    de
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Procedural injustice in the workplace, sensitivity to befallen injustice, and job satisfaction
    en
  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok
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    Berichte der Arbeitsgruppe "Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit, Moral"