Chapter 1: Justice in Organizations: A Person-Centric Perspective

Justice researchers can investigate phenomena in various ways. One approach might be to explore the relationships between constructs at a given point in time. Here, the focus is on the constructs themselves; for example employees’ perceptions of procedural justice, and their covariation with other constructs, say job performance or job satisfaction. We might explore these relationships via correlational designs, such as through the use of employee surveys; or we might design experiments where justice is manipulated and its effects on attitudes and behaviors explored (or alternatively contextual elements are manipulated and their effects on justice perceptions explored). Such approaches might yield results that guide managers and organizations in developing employment systems that optimize the productivity and well-being of the workforce.