Justice, Strain, and Work Family Conflict: The Role of Distributive Justice as an Organizational Stressor

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• Personal Author:
  Allen, James ; Harari M ; Wittgenstein J
• Description:
  Objective: Contemporary occupational health psychology research has begun reexamining the role of distributive justice, conceptualizing it as an organizational stressor rather than a mediator in the procedural justice-strain relationship. In this study, we build on these findings by examining distributive justice's relationship with psychological strain and work to family conflict. We hypothesized a mediation model whereby distributive (in)justice influences work to family conflict through psychological strain. Methods: Data was collected from the Professional Worker Career Experience Survey (PWCES). Results: Using the Hayes & Preacher (2011) mediation technique to test our model, we assigned distributive justice as the IV, Work family conflict as the DV, and psychological strain as the mediating variable. Our bootstrapped mediation model (F[6,544]=12.8, p<.05) accounted for 12% of the variance (R2=.12) and provided support for our hypotheses. We observed a significant main effect of distributive justice on psychological strain (B = -0.05, p < .05) and work-family conflict (B = 0.36, p < .05), strain on work-family conflict (B = 2.8, p < .05), and an indirect effect of distributive justice on work-family conflict through psychological strain (IE = -.15 SE = .05) p <.05 (99% CI: L= -0.27; U=-0.06). These results support our proposed model. Conclusion: The results of this study support our hypothesis that distributive justice is an organizational stressor, influencing work to family conflict through strain. This study adds to the literature by demonstrating the direct and indirect effects of distributive justice on negative outcomes and helps to further solidify distributive justice as a meaningful variable in the study of work stress. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Distributive Justice Families Humans Models Psychological Strain Psychology Stress Work Environment Workers Work To Family Conflict
• Publisher:
  University of South Florida (USF)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064022
• Citation:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 23-24, 2012, Tampa, Florida. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida (USF), 2012 Feb; :10
• Contact Point Address:
  Mike Harari, Florida International University
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 23-24, 2012, Tampa, Florida
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4c179b6aaebcc693d4c4da2a2c41f6caa3b94a08ed4b72f3f9580e58f8aa97346a2668643a08246484b01f23fe5b96528e43d84fddae87dadf67d130be515d51
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222549/cdc_222549_DS1.pdf
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