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The Effects of Procedures, Social Accounts, and Benefits Level on Victims' Layoff Reactions
Author(s) -
Konovsky Mary A.,
Folger Robert
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1991.tb00540.x
Subject(s) - layoff , psychology , social psychology , economic justice , economics , unemployment , microeconomics , economic growth
Three hundred and fifty‐three layoff victims responded to questions describing their reactions to layoffs. Victims also described management layoff practices. Two measures of procedural fairness in layoff practices (decision‐making characteristics and social accounts) and one measure of layoff outcomes (benefits level) were included. Only decision‐making characteristics predicted exemployee willingness to recruit for a former employer and desire for regulation of layoffs. These results provide further evidence of the importance of procedural justice in organizational decision‐making.