I report the results of two studies that explored relationships between emp
loyees' justice perceptions and their psychological well-being. In both stu
dies, the main and interactive effects of distributive justice and procedur
al justice accounted for significant, unique variance in employees' psychol
ogical distress. Consistent with predictions derived from a framework that
integrates stress and coping theory with justice theory, relationships betw
een procedural justice and psychological distress were stronger when distri
butive justice was lower. I discuss theoretical implications for the organi
zational justice literature and identify the studies' limitations and pract
ical implications. (C) 2001 Academic Press.