Using a multilevel framework, we hypothesized that both employee perce
ptions of procedural justice and a work unit level measure of procedur
al justice context would be associated with employee reports of job sa
tisfaction and organizational commitment. Three hundred and twenty-thr
ee employees from 53 branches of a financial services organization wer
e used to test this hypothesis. Hierarchical linear modeling analyses
revealed that procedural justice context explained variance in employe
e job satisfaction beyond that accounted for by individual perceptions
of procedural justice. With regard to organizational commitment, this
hypothesis was not supported. The results are discussed in connection
with contextual aspects of procedural justice. (C) 1998 John Wiley &
Sons, Ltd.