The Relationship between Organizational Injustice and Counterproductive Work Behavior

Abstract

Abstract: In order to determine the relationship between organizational injustice and counterproductive work behavior(CWB), 118 subjects were randomly chosen to participate in the experiment. Results showed that when people experienced injustice events they were more likely to conduct CWB. Besides, in the injustice situation, subjects with low power distance orientation scored much higher in CWB than those with high power distance orientation;while in neutral scenario, subjects in two groups showed no significant difference in CWB. That is, power distance negatively moderates the relationship between organizational injustice and CWB. Implications of these findings, as well as directions for future research, are discussed.

Key words: organizational injustice, counterproductive work behavior(CWB), power distance.

摘要： 本文以118名企业员工为被试，以自编实验材料和量表为研究工具，探讨组织不公平与反生产行为之间的关系，并考察了权力距离对组织不公平与反生产行为关系的调节作用。结果发现：当被试面对组织不公平情境时，倾向于实施反生产行为；组织不公平情境下，低权力距离组被试在反生产行为得分上显著高于高权力距离组个体，而在中性情境下，两组被试得分差异不显著，即权力距离在组织不公平与反生产行为之间起负向调节作用。由于反生产行为的产生常与组织不公平相关，因此本研究结果将有助于我们更好地理解反生产行为产生的原因，并从心理学角度帮助组织管理者制定减少反生产行为发生的措施。

关键词: 组织不公平, 反生产行为, 权力距离

CLC Number:

B849

Xu Meng, Li Xiaoping. The Relationship between Organizational Injustice and Counterproductive Work Behavior[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2017, 15(2): 282-288.

徐梦,李小平. 组织不公平与反生产行为的关系[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2017, 15(2): 282-288.

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