What principles are used to judge the fairness of retrenchment actions?

The present study identified the bipolar principles that workers use for ev aluating the fairness of a broad range of negative organizational events. T wo hundred forty-eight respondents were asked to describe recent negative e vents that occurred in their organizations, and explain the reasons for the ir fairness perceptions of the events. The responses were coded to yield 5 principles associated with outcome fairness and 8 principles associated wit h process fairness; this set included principles not found in earlier taxon omies. Support for previous justice models and needed areas of research are discussed.