A FIELD-STUDY OF DISTRIBUTIVE AND PROCEDURAL JUSTICE AS PREDICTORS OFSATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT

The effects of distributive (outcome) and procedural factors on the sa tisfaction and organizational commitment of university administrative and support (i.e., non-faculty) personnel (N = 138) were examined two months after a restructuring of job classifications. Aspects of outcom e were stronger predictors of satisfaction and commitment than were as pects of procedure. Neither fairness nor level of outcome consistently interacted with procedural justice. The relative importance of distri butive and procedural factors may vary across time and/or may be due t o employees using an inductive process in assessing organizational out comes. Suggestions include the need to investigate distributive and pr ocedural factors separately and the necessity of employing longitudina l designs. Implications for practitioners and researchers are discusse d.