Exchange Ideology as a Moderator of the Procedural Justice-Satisfaction Relationship

Abstract

This study of 92 U.S. civilian federal government employees in a 2-month, full-time training program tested the hypothesis that exchange ideology would moderate the relationship between procedural justice perceptions and satisfaction with the training experience. The data indicated that perceptions of procedural justice accounted for greater variance in satisfaction among trainees with a strong exchange ideology than among those with a weak exchange ideology. The effect of fairness on satisfaction with a training experience appeared to be dependent on the individual's exchange ideology.