ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE

The distributive justice rule employs the concept of _____

• performance feedback

• expectancy theory

• equity theory

• individual needs

Which of the following statements is true about situations involving equity judgments?

• People avoid having a comparison other.

• People tend to be tolerant of situations where they are under-rewarded.

• People feel more comfortable in situations where they receive proportionately more than others.

• People believe that their outcome/input ratio should be similar to the outcome/input ratio of the comparison other.

Employees who receive a fixed amount of pay each week and who feel under-rewarded are most likely to _____

• reduce their work effort

• increase their work effort

• change their comparison of others

• use different methods other than comparison

The _____ refers to the fairness of the procedures used to decide the distribution of resources

• equity theory

• procedural justice theory

• distributive justice theory

• expectancy

The _____ states that everyone should receive the same rewards in life.

• distributive justice principle

• procedural justice principle

• equality principle

• need principle

The _____ is the value of the inputs you provide divided by the value of the outcomes you receive in the exchange relationship.

• input ratio

• output ratio

• input/outcome ratio

• manager/employee ration

_______occurs when an individual's outcome/input ratio is lower than the outcome/input ratio of a comparison other.

• over-reward inequity

• equity tension

• under-reward inequity

• perceptions of equity

________________is higher when the decision maker is perceived as unbiased.

• Distributive justice

• Inequity justice

• Procedural justice

• Need principle

Research suggests that being treated unfairly threatens our ________

• self-actualization

• emotion

• attitude

• self-esteem

The following are ways to improve procedural justice EXCEPT

• Managers allow employees to voice their complaint

• Managers apply existing policies consistently

• Managers displays favouritism among employees

• Managers give sound explanations to decisions made