Trickle-Down Effects of Supervisor Perceptions of Interactional Justice: A Moderated Mediation Approach

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ambrose, Maureen L.; Schminke, Marshall; Mayer, David M.
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0032080
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 678-689
• 关键词: justice climate; work group structure; INTERACTIONAL JUSTICE; deviance; OCB

摘要

Supervisors' perceptions of how fairly they are treated by their own supervisors can influence their subordinates' perceptions, attitudes, and behavior. We present a moderated mediation model that demonstrates how work group structure can enhance or constrain these effects. Results show supervisors' perceptions of the fairness of the interactional treatment they receive relate to their subordinates' perceptions of interactional justice climate, and this relationship is stronger in work groups with more organic structures. Furthermore, consistent with the moderated mediation prediction, interactional justice climate mediates the relationship between supervisors' perceptions of interactional justice and outcomes when work group structures are more organic. We discuss the implications of the findings for research on justice and trickle-down effects.