Exploring the Role of Emotions in Injustice Perceptions and Retaliation.
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Applied Psychology
- Vol. 90 (4), 629-643
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.90.4.629
Abstract
Although organizational justice scholars often describe unfairness as an emotionally laden experience, the role of emotion is underresearched. In a study of individuals who experienced being laid off (N = 173), the authors found that outcome favorability interacts with both procedural and interactional justice to predict participants' emotions. The pattern of interaction differed for inward-focused (i.e., shame and guilt) and outward-focused (i.e., anger and hostility) negative emotions. Attributions of blame mediated the relationship between fairness perceptions and outward-focused negative emotion. Outward-focused emotion mediated the relationship between fairness perceptions and retaliation.Keywords
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