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If you feel bad, it’s unfair: A quantitative synthesis of affect and organizational justice perceptions

Barsky, Adam, Kaplan, Seth A.·2007·Journal of Applied Psychology

Abstract

Whereas research interest in both individual affect/temperament and organizational justice has grown substantially in recent years, affect's role in the perception of organizational justice has received scant attention. Here, the authors integrate these literatures and test bivariate relationships between state affect (e.g., moods), trait affect (e.g., affectivity), and organizational justice variables using meta-analytically aggregated effect sizes. Results indicated that state and trait positive and negative affect exhibit statistically significant relationships with perceptions of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice in the predicted directions, with mean population-level correlations ranging in absolute magnitude from M(rho) = .09 to M(rho) = .43. Correlations involving state affect generally were larger but not significantly different from those involving trait affect. Finally, the authors propose ideas for investigations at the primary-study level.

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Authors
Barsky, A., & Kaplan, S. A.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • George Mason University (US)
Venue
Journal of Applied Psychology
Published
2007-01
Volume
92
Issue
1
Pages
286-295
ISSN
  • 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1854
OpenAlex
W2053416004
Cited by
243
References
127
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FWCI
2.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
Keywords
affect, organizational justice, state affect, trait affect, positive affect, negative affect, distributive justice, procedural justice, interactional justice, mood, affectivity
MeSH terms
Affect, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Social Justice, Social Perception, Organizational Culture, Workplace

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