Procedural Justice and Supervisors' Personal Power Bases: Effects on Employees' Perceptions of Performance Appraisal Sessions, Commitment, and Motivation
Herman Steensma
Ellen Visser
DOI: 10.2190/CN.31.2.a
Abstract
Employees (N = 178) completed a questionnaire to evaluate performance appraisal sessions. Hypotheses derived from procedural justice theories were confirmed. Neutrality, standing, trust, and accuracy of information correlated positively with perceived procedural justice of PA sessions. Quality of outcomes of PA sessions also co-varied with perceived fairness. Moreover, personal power bases of supervisors (expert power, referent power) contributed to employees' procedural justice perceptions. Perceived procedural justice correlated, as predicted, positively with three outcome variables: satisfaction with PA session; organizational commitment; and motivation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.