EFFECTS OF PROCEDURAL AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE ON REACTIONS TO A SELECTION SYSTEM

Procedural and distributive justice were examined in an employee selec tion situation. Along procedural justice dimensions, job relatedness o f and explanation offered for the selection procedures were manipulate d. Distributive justice was examined through manipulation of a selecti on decision and collection of a priori hiring expectations. Dependent measures included fairness reactions, recommendation intentions, self- efficacy, and actual work performance. Undergraduates (n = 260) were s elected/rejected for paid employment. Job relatedness influenced perfo rmance and interacted with selection decision on perceptions of distri butive fairness and self-efficacy. Explanations influenced recommendat ions of rejected applicants. Interactions between hiring expectations and selection decision were observed on perceived fairness and recomme ndation intentions. Discussion focuses on theoretical and practical im plications of the observed interactions.