Referent cognitions and task decision autonomy: beyond equity theory

Article Abstract:

A laboratory experiment was conducted to test referent cognitions theory, which integrates distributive and procedural justice. Undergraduates worked on two tasks knowing that performance scores from only one of these would count toward their chances for earning a reward. In the subject-decision conditions, the students selected (prior to knowledge about their performance) which task would count. The experimenter selected the crucial task in the experimenter-decision conditions. Feedback from the task that did not count indicated to subjects in high-referent conditions that they would have won the reward if these scores had counted, whereas subjects in low-referent conditions learned they would have lost no matter which set of scores counted. All subjects "lost" on the task that counted. Only subjects in the high-referent, experimenter-decision condition subsequently expressed feelings of unfair treatment. The results are discussed in terms of limitations to equity theory. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Task analysis

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Perceived fairness of employee drug testing as a predictor of employee attitudes and job performance

Article Abstract:

Although management of drug testing programs is becoming a critical organizational issue, no systematic conceptual framework has been applied to the study of employee reactions to drug testing. In this study an organizational justice framework was used to explain and predict the relationships among two types of justice (procedural justice and outcome fairness), employee attitudes (job satisfaction, commitment, and management trust), and behavior (turnover intentions and performance). Survey data from 195 employees in a pathology laboratory indicated that justice predicts employee attitudes and performance. Specifically, procedural justice, but not outcome fairness, predicted all 5 criterion variables. These results demonstrate the importance of procedural justice perceptions for predicting employee reactions to drug testing programs. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Psychological aspects, Measurement, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mandatory drug testing, Drug testing, Organizational behavior, Workers, Employee attitudes, Job evaluation

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Self-interest: defining and understanding a human motive

Article Abstract:

The notion of self-interest is analyzed from a multi-disciplinary viewpoint. Self-interest is established as a significant and integral facet of human motivation.

United States, Motivational Techniques, Analysis, Employee motivation, Self-interest, Self interest

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