Perceptions of equity and justice and their implications on affective organizational commitment: a confirmatory study in a teaching and research institute

Abstract

Studies about individuals commitment to organizations acquire renewed interest in light of the changes imposed by new organizational structures and 'boundary-less' careers. The need to identify and retain individuals who add value to the organization constitutes an increasing challenge facing human resource professionals. In this context it is necessary to establish stronger links between the individuals and the organization they work for. In this paper the effects of the perceived equity and justice on the employees' affective commitment to the organization is evaluated, using a structural equation model. The main stream of the literature treats equity as part of distributive justice. The main contribution of this study was to treat both concepts separately. Based on data gathered from a teaching and research institute, this study confirmed the theoretical assumptions that the perception of justice is indeed antecedent to and determinant of affective organizational commitment. However, the same was not observed in relation to the perception of equity. This result justifies the new approach of removing the concept of equity from justice when measuring organizational commitment.

Fatores constituintes da cultura de segurança: olhar sobre a indústria de mineração

“…The adjustment involved the inclusion of two new variables entered and the deletion of one. Regarding the new variables, one was related to the leadership role, extracted and adapted from Gibbons et al (2006) on the development and initial validation of a method for accessing the safety culture in commercial flight operations in the United States; and the second was related do the justice in relationships, a content developed by Balassiano & Salles (2012). The deleted variable was the one associated with communication -existence of a company-employee communication factor, which did not apply to the reality of the company studied, according to the team of specialists interviewed.…”

“…To that end, 288 employees of a mining company answered a questionnaire based on Gonçalves et al (2011), called original, and also an adjusted questionnaire, based on the needs pointed out by a group of experts on work safety in that industry, and in the findings of Gibbons et al (2006) and Balassiano & Salles (2012).…”

“…The second aim was to adapt this model to the reality of the mining industry. These adjustments occurred and were tested according to the needs pointed out by a group of work safety experts specialized in the mining industry, based on Gibbons et al (2006) and Balassiano & Salles (2012).…”

A Comperative Study on Perceptions and Reactions of Workers: A Research on Blue and White Collar Workers

“…Organizational justice creates a climate of trust and solidarity according to the relevant literature (Aryee, Budhwar, and Chen 2002;Cropanzano and Rupp 2008;Colquitt and Rodell, 2011). Perception of justice is related to evaluation of interactions between individuals and their tasks (Balassiano and Salles, 2012). So, it is possible to state that comparisons between employees shape their perceptions of equity and organizational justice.…”

The Mediating Role of Procedural Justice in Formalization-Affective Commitment Relationship

“…As such, the employee puts all of effort on the work (Agawam, 1999) and to improve his/her performances (Swailes, 2004;Chen et al, 2011) Due to the vital role of affective commitment in organizations, there have been a number of research studies in affective commitment, in particular to examine the commitment resulted from the employee's perception on the fairness received by the organization. A recent study examining commitment of staff working in educational institutes and research institutes in Brazil revealed that the staff's desires to work with the organizations increased when they perceived fair assessment and payment (Balassiano & Salles, 2012). Therefore, employees' perception of procedural justice contributes to affective commitment.…”