Justice source and justice content: evaluating the fairness of organisational career management practices

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Author: Crawshaw, Jonathan R.

Source: Human Resource Management Journal, Volume 16, Number 1, January 2006 , pp. 98-120(23)

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Abstract:

This article presents part of the findings of a multi-method study into employee perceptions of fairness in relation to the organisational career management (OCM) practices of a large financial retailer. It focuses on exploring how employees construct fairness judgements of their career experiences and the role played by the organisational context and, in particular, OCM practices in forming these judgements. It concludes that individuals can, and do, separate the source and content of (in)justice when it comes to evaluating these experiences. The relative roles of the employer, line manager and career development opportunities in influencing employee fairness evaluations are discussed. Conceptual links with organisational justice theory are proposed, and it is argued that the academic and practitioner populations are provided with empirical evidence for a new theoretical framework for evaluating employee perceptions of, and reactions to, OCM practices.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2006.00006.x

Publication date: 2006-01-01