Considering self-interests and symbolism together: How instrumental and value-expressive motives interact to influence supervisors' justice behavior
Considering self-interests and symbolism together: How instrumental and value-expressive motives interact to influence supervisors' justice behavior
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同时考虑自身利益和象征意义：工具性动机和价值表达动机如何相互作用影响监管者的正义行为
DOI：
10.1111/peps.12253
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Johnson Russell E
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作者：
Qin Xin;Ren Run;Zhang Zhi-Xue;Johnson Russell E
本研究借鉴功能态度理论和组织公正文献，认为人们对公正的态度可能具有工具性功能(基于自我利益、报酬最大化和惩罚最小化)和价值表达功能(基于自我概念和价值观的表达)。重要的是，这两种功能并存并相互作用，通过监督者对不公正行为的辩护来影响监督者的正义行为以及这种行为的一致性。一系列实验和相关研究的结果证实了这些预测。管理者的价值表达功能对正义行为及其一致性的正向影响在工具功能越低(与工具功能越高)时越强，不公正行为的正当性起中介作用。补充分析还表明，上级公正行为的一致性对下属的总体公正知觉有正向预测作用，而不受总体公正行为水平的影响。最后，我们讨论了这些发现的理论和实践意义。
Drawing upon functional theories of attitudes and the organizational justice literature, the current research suggests that people's attitudes toward justice likely serve an instrumental function (grounded in self‐interest, rewards maximization, and punishment minimization) as well as a value‐expressive function (grounded in the expression of self‐concept and values). Importantly, these two functions co‐exist and interact to influence supervisors’ justice behavior and the consistency of such behavior via supervisors’ justification for unjust behavior. Findings from a set of experimental and correlational studies confirmed these predictions. The positive effects of supervisors’ value‐expressive function on justice behavior and its consistency were stronger when their instrumental function was lower (vs. higher), and justification for unjust behavior mediated these effects. Also, supplementary analyses showed that the consistency of supervisors’ justice behavior positively predicted subordinates’ overall justice perceptions beyond the effects of the overall level of justice behavior. We conclude by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.