Relationship between gender equality, employees‘ perception of distributive justice and wellbeing in EU: The effect of gender and management position

Abstract

We aim to evaluate relationships between gender equality, perceived distributive justice and wellbeing in the European Union (the EU). Further, this study includes an analysis of the moderating effects of gender and management position on the gender equality-distributive justice and distributive justice-wellbeing relationships. European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9 (2018/19) data file edition 3.1 was used for data analysis. Using probability sampling, ESS Round 9 data were collected in 27 European countries through computer-assisted personal (face-to-face) interviewing. The sample of this study consisted of 20 013 respondents (49.3% female) aged 18 and older (mean age – 44.8 years, std. dev. – 12.365) from 23 European Union countries. Results showed that a higher level of gender equality at work was related to higher employees’ satisfaction with life. Perceived job opportunities mediated the relationship between gender equality at work and employees’ satisfaction with life. Employees’ gender and management position moderated the relationship between perceived job opportunities and satisfaction with life. However, neither employees’ gender nor management position moderated the relationship between gender equality at work and perceived job opportunities.

Enhancing organizational citizenship behavior in a non-western context of the UAE: the role of organizational justice, leadership and psychological empowerment

“…Various scholars have attempted to describe OJ and have developed theories on its characteristics (Navarro-Abal et al , 2018), however, Colquitt and Zipay (2015) integrated the previous theories and developed a model that characterizes OJ by four dimensions, which are as follows: Distributive justice: Distributive justice refers to the employee’s view on the organization’s fairness in allocating the resources (Stelmokienė et al , 2023). Procedural justice: Procedural justice defines employees’ beliefs that resource allocation, decisions, processes and policies are fair (De Clercq et al , 2020).…”

“…Distributive justice: Distributive justice refers to the employee’s view on the organization’s fairness in allocating the resources (Stelmokienė et al , 2023).…”