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Arbitrator Acceptability: Does Justice Matter? Arbitrator Acceptability
Author(s) -
Posthuma Richard A.,
Dworkin James B.,
Swift Maris Stella
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/0019-8676.00168
Subject(s) - arbitration , procedural justice , distributive justice , interactional justice , economic justice , organizational justice , dispute resolution , psychology , social psychology , law and economics , criminology , political science , sociology , law , organizational commitment , neuroscience , perception
There is virtually no theory‐based research that examines if arbitrator behaviors influence whether they will be chosen for future cases. This longitudinal field study uses organizational justice theory to predict the acceptability of arbitrators in dispute‐resolution processes involving labor and management representatives in actual cases. The data indicate that procedural justice is more important in predicting arbitrator acceptability in interest than in rights arbitration cases. Arbitrator distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice are all related to acceptability of arbitrators. Procedural justice and interactional justice are differentially related to evaluation of arbitrators, suggesting that they are distinct constructs.