Procedural fairness, outcome favorability, and judgments of an authority's responsibility

• Main Authors: BROCKNER, Joel, FISHMAN, Ariel Y., REB, Jochen, GOLDMAN, Barry M., SPIEGEL, Scott, GARDEN, Charlee
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Procedural fairness; judgments of responsibility; Business; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2430; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/3429/viewcontent/AccountabilityJAPRevision3JRdegfree.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Fairness theory (R. Folger & R. Cropanzano, 1998, 2001) postulates that, particularly in the face of unfavorable outcomes, employees judge an organizational authority to be more responsible for their outcomes when the authority exhibits lower procedural fairness. Three studies lent empirical sup...