Publication Date
2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Committee Members
David LaHuis, Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Nathan A. Bowling, Ph.D. (Committee Member); Debra Steele-Johnson, Ph.D. (Committee Member); Ion Juvina, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Abstract
Despite there being many meta-analyses on organizational justice in the last 25 years, no meta-analysis has focused on overall justice, a global perception of fairness in organizations. In light of this, my dissertation is a meta-analysis focused on the construct validity of overall justice and its integration with key models of organizational justice. To do this, I identified 183 independent samples from across the globe that use Ambrose and Schminke’s (2009) perceived overall justice scale. From there, I used a combination of traditional meta-analytic techniques and meta-analytic structural equation modelling to test my hypotheses. Foremost, I found that overall justice converges with perceptions of justice rule adherence within the environment (mean r = .56) and perceptions of social exchange quality (mean r = .59). I also found that overall justice partially mediates the effects of justice rule adherence in most cases. In addition, I found that social exchange quality, and positive and negative affect are consistent mediators of the effects of overall justice onto job performance. In sum, my findings support the construct validity of overall justice as a measure of global organizational justice. Based on my investigation, I call for future research into the nature of reciprocity in response to overall (in)justice that can incorporate both affect and social exchange mechanisms.
Page Count
98
Department or Program
Department of Psychology
Year Degree Awarded
2024
Copyright
Copyright 2024, all rights reserved. My ETD will be available under the "Fair Use" terms of copyright law.
