A question of fit: Cultural and individual differences in interpersonal justice perceptions

Game, Annilee M. and Crawshaw, Jonathan R. (2017) A question of fit: Cultural and individual differences in interpersonal justice perceptions. Journal of Business Ethics, 144 (2). 279–291. ISSN 0167-4544

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Abstract

This study examined the link between employees’ adult attachment orientations and perceptions of line-managers’ interpersonal justice behaviors, and the moderating effect of national culture (collectivism). Participants from countries categorized as low collectivistic (N = 205) and high collectivistic (N = 136) completed an online survey. Attachment anxiety and avoidance were negatively related to interpersonal justice perceptions. Cultural differences did not moderate the effects of avoidance. However, the relationship between attachment anxiety and interpersonal justice was non-significant in the Southern Asia (more collectivistic) cultural cluster. Our findings indicate the importance of ‘fit’ between cultural relational values and individual attachment orientations in shaping interpersonal justice perceptions, and highlight the need for more non-Western organizational justice research.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: attachment,culture,ethics,fit,interpersonal justice,line manager,perception
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 22 Mar 2016 09:36
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 00:54
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57822
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-015-2824-9

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