Discuss the components of procedural justice.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The first component of procedural justice is employee voice, illustrated by organizational policies and rules that provide lots of opportunities for employee input to decisions.
Interactional justice is the second component. It is the quality of interpersonal treatment that employees receive in their everyday work. Treating others with dignity and respect is the positive side of interactional justice. Derogatory judgments, deception, invasion of privacy, inconsiderate or abusive actions, public criticism, and coercion represent the negative side of interactional justice. Violating any of these elements of interactional justice leads to decreased perceptions of fair treatment. Evidence indicates that employee perceptions of interactional justice that stem from the quality of their relationships with their supervisors are positively related to their performance, citizenship behaviors directed toward their supervisors, and job satisfaction.
Informational justice is the third component of procedural justice. It is expressed in terms of providing explanations or accounts for decisions made. In the context of layoffs, evidence indicates that layoff survivors who were provided explanations for the layoffs, or who received advance notice of them, had more positive reactions to layoffs and higher commitment to the organization. Survivors had the most negative reactions to layoffs when they identified with the victims and when they perceived the layoffs to be unfair.