Interpersonal Injustice and Workplace Deviance: The Role of Esteem Threat

D. Lance Ferris, Jeffrey R. Spence, Douglas J. Brown, Daniel Heller

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

149 Scopus citations

Abstract

The authors integrated predictions from the group value model of justice with an esteem threat framework of deviance to examine the within-person relation between interpersonal justice and workplace deviance. Using a moderated-mediation approach, they predicted that daily interpersonal injustice would lower daily self-esteem; daily self-esteem would in turn mediate the effect of daily interpersonal injustice and interact with trait self-esteem in predicting daily workplace deviance. Using 1,088 daily diary recordings from 100 employees from various industries, the results generally support the hypothesized model linking daily interpersonal justice and daily workplace deviance, even when the effects of previously established mediators (i.e., affect and job satisfaction) were controlled for. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1788-1811
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of Management
Volume38
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2012

Funding

FundersFunder number
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

    Keywords

    • deviance
    • esteem threat
    • group value model
    • interpersonal justice
    • self-esteem

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Interpersonal Injustice and Workplace Deviance: The Role of Esteem Threat'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this