Perceptions of justice Flashcards
What is organisational justice?
Referred to organisational activities relating to the distribution of the organisation’s resources and rewards.
This includes goods such as wages and salaries, jobs and promotions, and incentives and bonuses, while conditions can include favourable/unfavourable treatments, training opportunities and status.
What are justice judgements?
Evaluations about fairness made by people.
What does justice deal with?
Deals with the notion of whether people feel that they have received their fair due in life. One’s sense of justice at work is likely to extend to many other factors of one’s life.
Work is a social activity, this influences of status in society, and our emotions and feelings of self worth. Feeling of being treated fairly or unfairly at work are likely to impact on our general feeling of wellbeing.
What is Distributive justice?
This refers to the perceived fairness in the distribution of resources, especially in relation to effort and pay (equity theory).
This refers to “the distribution of the conditions and goods which
affect individual (psychological, social and economic) well-being”
Perceived unfairness could lead to poor work performance, high absenteeism rates, high staff turnover, and even an increase in industrial action.
Compare ratios with other employees.
Trade unions.
Based on three criteria:
– Equality: everyone gets exactly the same distribution
– Need: based on who needs it the most
– Equity: based on how much person contributes or invests
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