The precursors and products of justice climates: Group leader antecedents and employee attitudinal consequences

    Authors

    D. Mayer; L. Nishii; B. Schneider;H. Goldstein

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Pers. Psychol.

    Keywords

    PROCEDURAL JUSTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE; CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR; ABUSIVE SUPERVISION; JOB-SATISFACTION; MODEL; PERSONALITY; FAIRNESS; OUTCOMES; TEAMS; Psychology, Applied; Management

    Abstract

    Drawing on the organizational justice, organizational climate, leadership and personality, and social comparison theory literatures, we develop hypotheses about the effects of leader personality on the development of 3 types of justice climates (e.g., procedural, interpersonal, and informational) and the moderating effects of these climates on individual-level justice-attitude relationships. Largely consistent with the theoretically derived hypotheses, the results showed that leader (a) Agreeableness was positively related to procedural, interpersonal, and informational justice climates; (b) Conscientiousness was positively related to a procedural justice climate; and (c) Neuroticism was negatively related to all 3 types of justice climates. Further, consistent with social comparison theory, multilevel data analyses revealed that the relationship between individual justice perceptions and job attitudes (e.g., job satisfaction, commitment) was moderated by justice climate such that the relationships were stronger when justice climate was high.

    Journal Title

    Personnel Psychology

    Volume

    60

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2007

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    929

    Last Page

    963

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000250946800005

    ISSN

    0031-5826

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