The effect of personality on perceptions of justice
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect that work locus of control has on perceptions of trust, perceived organizational support, procedural justice and interactional justice.
Design/methodology/approach
Survey data were collected from 679 alumni of a university in the Southwestern USA. Regression analyses and structural equation modeling were used to test a series of hypotheses.
Findings
The results indicate that work locus of control has a significant positive relationship on all variables. Perceived organizational support fully mediated the relationship between work locus of control and perceptions of both procedural and interactional justice. Organizational trust fully mediated the relationship between work locus of control and interactional justice, but only partially mediated the relationship between work locus of control and procedural justice.
Research limitations/implications
The data used in this paper are cross‐sectional. Also, results are based on self‐report survey data and subject to common method bias. As such, longitudinal studies are recommended for future research, as are finding antecedents to perceptions of justice that may help managers improve the way they communicate about decision‐making at work.
Originality/value
Findings from the study suggest the important role that personality plays as a precursor to justice perceptions in organizations.
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Citation
Lilly, J.D. and Virick, M. (2006), "The effect of personality on perceptions of justice", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 21 No. 5, pp. 438-458. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683940610673960
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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