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A test and refinement of the equity sensitivity construct
Author(s) -
King Wesley C.,
Miles Edward W.,
Day D. David
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.4030140403
Subject(s) - equity (law) , distributive justice , construct (python library) , equity theory , job satisfaction , psychology , social psychology , test (biology) , ideology , distributive property , econometrics , economics , microeconomics , political science , economic justice , computer science , mathematics , law , paleontology , programming language , politics , pure mathematics , biology
This paper reports results from two studies that test a refinement of the equity sensitivity construct first in an experimental setting and second in a field setting. Results from Study 1 show that benevolents express tolerance for both overreward and underreward relative to entitleds and equity sensitives and that benevolents report relatively high levels of satisfaction regardless of reward condition. Study 1 results also show that manipulation of outcomes produce a more dramatic effect on satisfaction than does manipulation of inputs. Results from Study 2 reveal significantly different exchange ideologies for benevolents and entitleds and show that entitleds place more importance on pay whereas benevolents place more importance on the work itself. For both benevolents and entitleds, there is a positive correlation between assessments of distributive justice and job satisfaction. Implication of the findings both for equity theory research and the practice of management are discussed.