Violent Splits or Healthy Divides? Coping With Injustice Through Faultlines

Abstract

In 2 studies, we investigated how groups with strong divisions may, paradoxically, help members to cope with injustice. We tested our theoretical predictions using a survey methodology and data from 57 (Study 1) and 36 (Study 2) workgroups across different industries. Consistent with our hypotheses, we found that group faultlines weakened the positive relationship between perceived interpersonal injustice and psychological distress. Cooperative behaviors within subgroups mediated the interactive effect of faultlines and injustice with psychological distress.

Why Us? Perceived Injustice is Associated with More Sexual and Psychological Distress in Couples Coping with Genito-Pelvic Pain

“…Indeed, experiencing victimization due to an injustice contributes to negativistic cognitive styles that in turn raise the vulnerability to depression [16]. Studies have also shown that perceived injustice in non-clinical samples was associated with more depressive symptoms [17,18]. To date, few researchers have conducted studies focusing on the consequences of perceived injustice in individuals with chronic pain, such as fibromyalgia [19], rheumatoid arthritis [20], whiplash injury [21], osteoarthritis [22] or in the case of a work-related musculoskeletal injury [23].…”

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“…Another important intermediate outcome of injustice is the psychological distress that it fuels in employees (Bezrukova et al, 2010;Greenberg, 2004), manifested in symptoms such as exhaustion (Chênevert et al, 2013) and work alienation (Sulu et al, 2010). Yet the ways in which injustice with respect to organizational change may lead to negative workplace emotions remains understudied (Bouckenooghe, 2010).…”

“…Because negative emotions can determine how employees react to change (Oreg et al, 2011) and represent significant potential costs for organizations (Bezrukova et al, 2010), it is of paramount importance to understand how perceptions of injustice with respect to change inform employees' workplace emotions.…”

“…Compared with the other dimensions, informational injustice has particular significance, because it reflects employers' discretion regarding how they communicate with employees on a daily basis; as such, employees may be intensely affected when they fail to receive adequate communication about changes (Bezrukova et al, 2010;. Another reason to focus on informational injustice specifically is the possible ambiguity of its effect.…”

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