title: Distributive justice, procedural justice, and psychological distress: the moderating effect of coworker support and work autonomy.
abstract: Recent research has demonstrated that the perception of injustice at work may increase psychological health-related problems. The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating effect of coworker support and work autonomy on the relationships between both distributive and procedural justice and psychological distress. Results, on the basis of responses to questionnaires given to 248 prison employees, show that coworker support moderates the relationships between both forms of justice and psychological distress. Specifically, these relationships are weakened when employees benefit from a high level of coworker support. Furthermore, work autonomy moderates the relationship between procedural justice and psychological distress but not the relationship between distributive justice and psychological distress. Thus, procedural injustice is less likely to increase psychological distress when the level of work autonomy is high.
authors: School of Industrial Relations, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. vincent.rousseau@umontreal.ca
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Rousseau
authors: Salwa
authors: S
authors: Salek
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Aubé
authors: Estelle M
authors: EM
authors: Morin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003625:Data Collection; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012931:Social Environment; D012935:Social Justice; D012938:Social Perception; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications