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Procedural Justice

Greenberg (1987 ) linked motivational and cognitive processes particularly to the procedures of the organization . He postulated that perceptions of injustice in a given organization are the motivation behind both cognitive as well as behavioral change in an environment where procedures are perceived as terminal or as an end in themselves In the event procedures are construed as means towards a given end procedural fairness perceptions per se are significantly less influential

compared to perceptions of distributive justice . What comes here is the fact that perceptions of justice 's motivational power are inextricably bound to personal goals

From this notion of procedural justice I suggest that interpersonal aspects of procedures have a large influence on the perceptions of procedural fairness . I state this basing on Tyler and Bies (1999 ) five norms that were thought to contribute to procedural fairness perceptions . These norms define what procedural justice is . They include an adequate consideration of an employee 's point of view as well as the suppression of personal bias . In addition there also is the need for a consistent application of similar criteria across all organizational personnel as well as the provision of feedback in a timely manner consequent to a decision . Lastly procedural justice calls for the provision of employees with adequate explanations for made decisions Research spanning across five studies carried out by Eisenberger and Rhoades in (2001 ) established that repeated rewards to individuals for their...