Organisational justice: new insights from behavioural ethics

Jonathan R. Crawshaw, Russell Cropanzano, Chris M. Bell, Thierry Nadisic

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Abstract

Both organizational justice and behavioural ethics are concerned with questions of 'right and wrong' in the context of work organizations. Until recently they have developed largely independently of each other, choosing to focus on subtly different concerns, constructs and research questions. The last few years have, however, witnessed a significant growth in theoretical and empirical research integrating these closely related academic specialities. We review the organizational justice literature, illustrating the impact of behavioural ethics research on important fairness questions. We argue that organizational justice research is focused on four reoccurring issues: (i) why justice at work matters to individuals; (ii) how justice judgements are formed; (iii) the consequences of injustice; and (iv) the factors antecedent to justice perceptions. Current and future justice research has begun and will continue borrowing from the behavioural ethics literature in answering these questions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)885-904
Number of pages20
JournalHuman Relations
Volume66
Issue number7
Early online date28 May 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2013

Keywords

  • behavioural ethics
  • fairness
  • integrity
  • organizational justice
  • morality

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