Why does organizational justice matter? Uncertainty management among law enforcement officers

Scott E. Wolfe, Jeff Rojek, Victor M. Manjarrez and Allison Rojek

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018, vol. 54, issue C, 20-29

Abstract: Law enforcement officers who believe their supervisors are organizationally fair are more satisfied with their jobs, more confident in their authority, and more likely to use procedural justice. The problem, however, is that we have little understanding concerning why officers care about being treated fairly. We address this issue by drawing on fairness heuristic and uncertainty management theories.

Keywords: Organizational justice; Uncertainty management; Fairness heuristic; Employee job satisfaction; Negative publicity; Law enforcement; Police (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.11.003

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