Believing in a personal just world helps maintain well-being at work by coloring organizational justice perceptions

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serval:BIB_5EE20352FBB4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Believing in a personal just world helps maintain well-being at work by coloring organizational justice perceptions
Journal
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Author(s)
Johnston C. S., Krings F., Maggiori C., Meier L. L., Fiori M.
ISSN
1359-432X (Print)
1464-0643 (Online)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
25
Number
6
Pages
945-959
Language
english
Abstract
Justice is a core fundamental theme for individuals in organizations. This study suggests that believing the world is just where one gets what one deserves, and deserves what one gets, is an important personal resource that helps maintain wellbeing at work. Further, it suggests that personal belief in a just world, but not general belief in a just world, exerts its influence on well-being through increasing overall justice perceptions of the work environment. Using two waves of data drawn from a large random sample of working adults in Switzerland, results showed that personal belief in a just world at time 1 indeed augmented perceptions of overall organizational justice, and this in turn increased job satisfaction at time 2, that is, 1 year later. As expected, this effect was only evident for personal and not general belief in a just world, highlighting personal belief in a just world as an important yet largely overlooked resource for the work context, and suggesting the need to consider individual's beliefs about justice as drivers of overall organizational justice perceptions.
Keywords
Belief in a just world, Organizational justice, Work stress, Job satisfaction
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07/06/2016 16:19
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