What's Fair for Whom at Work? Studying the Choice of Justice Norms in Different Work Relationships, 2008-2010
UKDA study number:6959
Principal Investigator
Fortin, M.
Universite Toulouse. Centre de Recherche en Management
Sponsor
Economic and Social Research Council
Distributed by
UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.
February 2012
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Fortin, M., What's Fair for Whom at Work? Studying the Choice of Justice Norms in Different Work Relationships, 2008-2010 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], February 2012. SN: 6959,
http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6959-1
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Copyright:
M. Fortin, T. Nadisic, N. Cuguero i Escofet and A. El Akremi
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6959 . What's Fair for Whom at Work? Studying the Choice of Justice Norms in Different Work Relationships, 2008-2010
Depositor:
Fortin, M. , Universite Toulouse. Centre de Recherche en Management
Principal Investigator:
Fortin, M. , Universite Toulouse. Centre de Recherche en Management
Sponsor:
Economic and Social Research Council
Grant Number:
RES-061-25-0147
Other Acknowledgements:
During the initial data collection, Dr. Marion Fortin was at Durham University, Durham Business School.
Dr. Thierry Nadisic, EMLYON Business School, France, was involved in study design for Studies One and Three, and in data collection for Study One. Dr. Natalia Cuguero i Escofet, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain, was involved in study design for studies One, Two and Three, and in data collection for Study One. Dr. Assaad El Akremi, LIRHE, Universite Toulouse, France, was involved in study design and data collection for Study Two.
Abstract:
Fairness perceptions are an important driver of employees’ attitudes and behaviours in organisations. Therefore, it is crucial for managers to understand how fairness perceptions are formed. Research has not addressed whether people choose different normative standards when making judgments of distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational justice in different types of work relationships.
The objectives of this study were:- to identify the norms that people typically choose to judge the justice of outcomes (distributive justice), procedures (procedural justice), treatment (interpersonal justice) and information provision (informational justice) at work
- to develop an instrument to measure individual tendencies to choose particular types of justice norms, as an individual difference. This will allow the researchers and other researchers to determine in how far variance in justice judgments is due to general individual preferences for particular norms, independent of the situation
- to explore and then test how the choice of fairness norms differs between different types of work relationships (in particular, between peer versus hierarchical relationships, and close and distant relationships)
The central research question of this study was: which norms do people choose to judge the different aspects of fairness at work, and how is this influenced by the different types of work relationships people find themselves in? The results will be of interest to academics who are interested in the process of making justice judgments, and to organisational practitioners who need to understand how fairness judgments are made in order to be able to create fairness perceptions among their employees.
Further information is available from the What's Fair for Whom at Work? Studying the Choice of Fairness Norms in Different Work Relationships ESRC End of Award web page.
Main Topics:
Study One is an exploratory recall study in which 62 working people were asked to think about critical fairness-related incidents from their own experience in the workplace, and then to fill in a questionnaire regarding this incident. The incidents concerned experiences of unfairness at work from distant or close managers or peers.
Study Two is a questionnaire study that aimed to develop a measure of individual differences in preferences for fairness norms. A larger set of items developed by a group of experts was administered to 338 working people.
The purpose of Study Three was to extend and generalise the findings from studies one and two. The researchers administered a questionnaire about fairness experiences with managers and peers to the alumni of a UK university (n=458). This study included several fairness norms, as well as measures of friendship and trust, and the individual difference measure that we developed about fairness preferences in Study Two.
Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork:
2008 -
2010
Country:
China; England
Geography:
Durham (City)
Spatial Units:
No spatial unit
Observation Units:
Individuals
Kind of Data:
Alpha/numeric data
Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:
Cross-national
Population:
Study One: international management students at the University of Durham, England, 2008-2009. Study Two: Chinese organisations, 2008-2009. Study Three: alumni of the University of Durham, England, 2010.
Methodology:
Time Dimensions:
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures:
Volunteer sample
Method of Data Collection:
Face-to-face interview;
Email survey
Weighting:
No weighting used.
Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English; Chinese
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Date of First Release:
17 February 2012
Copyright:
M. Fortin, T. Nadisic, N. Cuguero i Escofet and A. El Akremi
File last updated:
17 February 2012