Handbook of Management Scales/Procedural justice

Procedural justice (alpha = 0.86/0.90)

Description

Four dimensions of organizational justice were measured with a scale developed and validated by Colquitt (2001): procedual, distributive, interpersonal, and informational justice. The scale ranged from 1 (to a very small extent) to 5 (to a very large extent).

Definition

Organizational justice refers to perceptions of fairness in decision-making and resource allocation environments.

Procedural justice refers to the perceived fairness of decision-making procedures.

Items

• Are you able to express your views during those procedures?
• Can you influence the decisions arrived at by those procedures?
• Are those procedures applied consistently?
• Are those procedures free of bias?
• Are those procedures based on accurate information?
• Are you able to appeal the decisions arrived at by those procedures?
• Do those procedures uphold ethical and moral standards?

Source

• Colquitt/Rodell (2011): Justice, trust, and trustworthiness: A longitudinal analysis integrating three theoretical perspectives. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 1183–1206

Related Scales

• Distributive justice
• Informational justice
• Interpersonal justice