Relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behaviors: Do fairness perceptions influence employee citizenship?

Abstract

Although the study of organizational justice has increased markedly in the past few years, little work has focused on the relationship between justice perceptions and extrarole behaviors. This study examined the relationship between perceptions of fairness and organizational citizenship behaviors in a sample drawn from 2 firms in the midwestern US. A theoretical basis for a relationship between fairness and citizenship was drawn from equity theory and other theories of social exchange. Structural equation analysis with LISREL 7 found support for 4 hypotheses, including support for a relationship between perceptions of procedural justice and 4 of 5 citizenship dimensions. Conversely, perceptions of distributive justice failed to influence any dimension of citizenship. Implications for the relationship between procedural justice and citizenship are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)