Employees’ Negative Megaphoning in Response to Organizational Injustice: The Mediating Role of Employee–Organization Relationship and Negative Affect

Yeunjae Lee ()
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Yeunjae Lee: University of Miami

Journal of Business Ethics, 2022, vol. 178, issue 1, No 7, 89-103

Abstract: Abstract This study aims to examine how employees engage in different types of negative information sharing behaviors about their organization, namely, negative megaphoning, in response to perceived organizational injustice. The role of employees’ negative affect and employee–organization relationship (EOR) are also examined. Results of an online survey with 403 full-time employees in the U.S. across industry sectors showed that perceptions of organizational injustice increase employee’s negative affect, thereby increasing their internal, external, and anonymous website negative megaphoning behaviors. Injustice perception also decreased EOR quality, which in turn, increases employees’ negative megaphoning behaviors on anonymous websites. Theoretical and practical implications are suggested.

Keywords: Organizational injustice; Negative affect; Employee–organization relationship (EOR); Negative megaphoning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-021-04804-5

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