Gender Differences in the Effects of Perception of Organizational Injustice on Workplace Reactivity
Previous studies have not adequately examined, in a single model, how gender and perception of organizational injustice are related with revenge-motivated behaviors, especially in male-dominated societies. This study investigated the extent to which gender and perception of organizational injustice...
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| author | Bolanle Ogungbamila I. Bola Udegbe |
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| description | Previous studies have not adequately examined, in a single model, how gender and perception of organizational injustice are related with revenge-motivated behaviors, especially in male-dominated societies. This study investigated the extent to which gender and perception of organizational injustice predicted employees’ tendencies to engage in workplace reactivity, which comprises organizational revenge, interpersonal revenge, interpersonal violence, and corruption in a sample of 703 (460 females; 243 males) employees. Results of the hierarchical multiple regression indicated that gender predicted employees’ tendencies to engage in organizational revenge and interpersonal violence; with males showing higher tendencies than females. There were no gender differences in employees’ tendencies to engage in corruption and interpersonal revenge. Employees’ tendencies to engage in organizational revenge, interpersonal revenge, interpersonal violence, and corruption significantly increased with perception of organizational injustice. Females who felt unjustly treated exhibited as much organizational revenge, interpersonal revenge, interpersonal violence, and corrupt tendencies as males who felt unjustly treated. Implications for theory and research are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40a8d1bec1e243bf84f55d9d2666d66d2023-01-03T05:47:20ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyEurope's Journal of Psychology1841-04132014-02-0110115016710.5964/ejop.v10i1.575ejop.v10i1.575Gender Differences in the Effects of Perception of Organizational Injustice on Workplace ReactivityBolanle Ogungbamila0I. Bola Udegbe1Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, NigeriaUniversity of Ibadan, Ibadan, NigeriaPrevious studies have not adequately examined, in a single model, how gender and perception of organizational injustice are related with revenge-motivated behaviors, especially in male-dominated societies. This study investigated the extent to which gender and perception of organizational injustice predicted employees’ tendencies to engage in workplace reactivity, which comprises organizational revenge, interpersonal revenge, interpersonal violence, and corruption in a sample of 703 (460 females; 243 males) employees. Results of the hierarchical multiple regression indicated that gender predicted employees’ tendencies to engage in organizational revenge and interpersonal violence; with males showing higher tendencies than females. There were no gender differences in employees’ tendencies to engage in corruption and interpersonal revenge. Employees’ tendencies to engage in organizational revenge, interpersonal revenge, interpersonal violence, and corruption significantly increased with perception of organizational injustice. Females who felt unjustly treated exhibited as much organizational revenge, interpersonal revenge, interpersonal violence, and corrupt tendencies as males who felt unjustly treated. Implications for theory and research are discussed.http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/575genderinjusticereactivityrevengeviolencecorruption |
| spellingShingle | Bolanle Ogungbamila I. Bola Udegbe Gender Differences in the Effects of Perception of Organizational Injustice on Workplace Reactivity Europe's Journal of Psychology gender injustice reactivity revenge violence corruption |
| title | Gender Differences in the Effects of Perception of Organizational Injustice on Workplace Reactivity |
| title_full | Gender Differences in the Effects of Perception of Organizational Injustice on Workplace Reactivity |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Differences in the Effects of Perception of Organizational Injustice on Workplace Reactivity |
| title_short | Gender Differences in the Effects of Perception of Organizational Injustice on Workplace Reactivity |
| title_sort | gender differences in the effects of perception of organizational injustice on workplace reactivity |
| topic | gender injustice reactivity revenge violence corruption |
| url | http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/575 |
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