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March 23, 2009 Literature Review Outline Organizational Justice Justice's role in Employee Happiness; the need for more research I.IntroductionA. Defining Organizational justice1. Distributive Justice Tradition -Greenburg, Organizational Justice Today- Cohen-Charash and Spector, Role of Justice in Organizationsa. Equity theory - perceived outcome equals perceived input b. Leventhals' Justice Judgment model 2. Procedural Justice -Greenburg, Organizational Justice Today- Cohen-Charash and Spector, Role of Justice in Organizationsa.

Thibault and Walkerb. Greenburg and Folger3. Interactional JusticeII. Reviews A. Greenburg, Organizational Justice Today 1. summary - critical evaluation 2. conclusions a. More research is needed in different areas B. Cohen-Charash and Spector, Role of Justice in Organizations 1. summary - critical evaluation 2. conclusions a. justification for studying three types of organizational justice b. need more information on antecedents c.

what we know - related to organizational citizenship behaviors -procedural justice best predictor for work performance -satisfaction and trust measured by all justice types - commitment measures by all -mostly procedural C. Mc.Farlin, Sweeney - Distributive and Procedural justice 1. summary - critical evaluation 2. conclusions D. Zhang, Antecedents and consequences of Organizational justice 1. summary - critical evaluation 2. conclusionsIII. ComparisonsA.

Papers universally call for more research for sufficient knowledgeB. Find and use measure of organizational justice to predict employee's happiness and retentionC. Relationship of procedural and distributive justice, how they are interrelatedD. Solutions for justice violationsE. What are best predictors for employee happiness and retentionIV. ConclusionsA. Employees are unhappy when they believe they have been treated unfairly. B. Procedural and distributive justice measure different aspects of Organizational justice. C. More research is needed to determine how they interact. D. More research is needed to determine predictors of employee unhappinessE.

There should be a measurement so that employee's happiness can be predicted