Procedural justice's relationship with turnover: explaining past inconsistent findings

Despite arguments for a significant negative relationship, there have been ambiguous findings on the empirical relationship between procedural justice and turnover behavior. This study attempts to clarify these past findings by examining the effects of multiple dimensions of procedural justice on th...

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Published in:Journal of organizational behavior 2007-05, Vol.28 (4), p.381-398
Main Authors: Posthuma, Richard A., Maertz Jr, Carl P., Dworkin, James B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied psychology
Distributive justice
Employee turnover
Fairness
Justice
Normativity
Nurses
Organizational behavior
Procedural justice
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Scheduling
Studies
Turnover
Work schedules
Working hours
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Summary:Despite arguments for a significant negative relationship, there have been ambiguous findings on the empirical relationship between procedural justice and turnover behavior. This study attempts to clarify these past findings by examining the effects of multiple dimensions of procedural justice on the voluntary turnover behavior of nurses in a work-scheduling context (N = 190). The advance notice and consistency dimensions were significantly and negatively correlated with turnover behavior. Two dimensions of procedural justice had divergent effects on actual turnover behaviors in a logistic regression model. Advance notice was negatively related to turnover, while representativeness of views was positively related to turnover.
ISSN:0894-3796
1099-1379
DOI:10.1002/job.427