Justice Orientation as a Moderator of the Framing Effect on Procedural Justice Perception

Abstract

Justice orientation is a justice-relevant personality trait, which is referred to as the tendency to attend to fairness issues and to internalize justice as a moral virtue. This study examined the moderating role of justice orientation in the relationship between justice perception and response to a decision problem. The authors manipulated procedural justice and the outcome valence of the decision frame within a vignette, and measured justice orientation of 174 Japanese participants. As hypothesized, the results indicated an interaction between procedural justice and framing manipulation, which was moderated by individual differences in justice orientation. In negative framing, justice effects were larger for individuals with high rather than low justice orientation. The results are explained from a social justice perspective, and the contributions and limitations of this study are also discussed with respect to our sample and framing manipulation.

Seeing others’ side to serve: Understanding how and when servant leadership impacts employee knowledge-hiding behaviors

“…Reflecting on SIP theory, we argue that justice orientation act as a second-stage moderator of the relationship between servant leadership and employees’ knowledge-hiding behaviors (via perspective taking). Justice orientation is a motivational attribute that guides individuals to take care of justice as an important moral value (Ali et al, 2020; Sasaki and Hayashi, 2014). Prior studies suggest that justice orientation inspires individuals to regulate their behaviors in ways that ensure fairness and justice toward coworkers and the organization (e.g., Ali et al, 2020; Sasaki and Hayashi, 2014).…”

“…Justice orientation is a motivational attribute that guides individuals to take care of justice as an important moral value (Ali et al, 2020; Sasaki and Hayashi, 2014). Prior studies suggest that justice orientation inspires individuals to regulate their behaviors in ways that ensure fairness and justice toward coworkers and the organization (e.g., Ali et al, 2020; Sasaki and Hayashi, 2014). Importantly, justice orientation shapes and develops individuals’ moral motives and propels them to sacrifice their personal interests to ensure just practices (Ali et al, 2020; Rupp et al, 2003).…”

“…Finally, SIP theory postulates that the influence of social environment on individual outcomes is not homogenous across individuals; rather, it is contingent on various individual-related and contextual factors (Salancik and Pfeffer, 1978). As such, drawing on SIP theory, we integrate employee justice orientation – “the extent to which individuals internalize justice as a moral virtue and are attentive to fairness issues around them” (Sasaki and Hayashi, 2014: 252) – as a moderator to explain when servant leadership may impact employees’ knowledge-hiding behaviors. Studies (e.g., Ali et al, 2020; Rupp et al, 2003) suggest individuals with high justice orientation act in ways that are less consistent with their self-interest; rather, they exhibit a sense of self-transcendence to benefit others and sacrifice their self-interests to ensure that others are treated with justice.…”

Personality traits and perceptions of organisational justice

“…Although employees might agree that justice is an important part of well‐being at work, the perception of organisational justice varies from one employee to the other. For example, a recent study on justice orientation, which is defined as how strongly individuals value justice, showed that individuals with high justice orientation were more vulnerable to evaluate a situation as unjust, than individuals with low justice orientation (Sasaki & Hayashi, ). Individual dispositions, such as personality, can influence perceptions of the work environment in several ways—individuals perceive their environments differently depending on their personality and these perceptions can lead individuals to react and behave differently (Barsky & Kaplan, ; Törnroos et al, ).…”

Balancing Victims' Rights with the Rights of the Accused: Encouraging Participation in University Discipline by Improving Procedures Used to Adjudicate Sexual Misconduct Claims

“…Results demonstrating that the manipulation of fairness has an effect on procedural justice judgments are consistent with studies suggesting that whether citizens perceive authorities to be just depends upon how they were treated by those authorities and the quality of the authorities' decision-making (Blader, 2007;Murphy et al, 2009;Sasaki & Hayashi, 2014;Smith, Olson, Agronick, & Tyler, 2009). Additionally, findings indicating that higher procedural justice judgments are associated with increased likelihood of participation in the university disciplinary system are in-line with studies showing that procedural justice has a positive effect on cooperation and respect for decision-making (Murphy & Tyler, 2008;Park, 2013).…”