Organizational Justice

Greenberg (1987) introduced organizational justice with regard to how an employee judges the behaviour of the organization and their resulting attitude and behaviour that comes from this. E.g. If a firm makes redundant half of the workers at your firm you will feel a sense of injustice and your attitude towards work will drop and so will your productivity.

Justice or fairness refers to the idea that an action or decision is morally right, which may be defined according to ethics, religion, fairness, equity, or law. People are naturally attentive to the justice of events and situations in their everyday lives, across a variety of contexts (Tabibnia, Satpute, & Lieberman, 2008). Individuals react to actions and decisions made by organizations every day. An individual’s perceptions of these decisions as fair or unfair can influence the individual’s subsequent attitudes and behaviors. Fairness is often of central interest to organizations because the implications of perceptions of injustice can impact job attitudes and behaviors at work. Justice in organizations can include issues related to perceptions of fair pay, equal opportunities for promotion, and personnel selection procedures.