Administrative Science Quarterly · 1994 · 380 citations · 0 references
Human Resource ManagementOrganizational ConflictOrganizational BehaviorNew TheoryManagementOrganizational PsychologyOrganizational JusticeCriminal JusticePerformance StudiesOrganizational CommunicationWorkplace ConflictOrganization TheoryBusinessInconsistant Performance ReviewsPay Inequitable SalariesArtsJusticeInjusticeProcedural Justice
Some managers conduct inconsistant performance reviews, pay inequitable salaries, and dismiss employees arbitrarily. Concerns about justice are pervasive in the workplace: they arise whenever rules are made, interpreted, or applied to organizational activities and practices. In this analysis, the authors create a model for measuring justice in an organization, and show how to anticipate the responses that will follow if injustices persist. They examine contemporary organizational issues and introduce a new theory of the nature of justice in organizations.