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Handbook of Management Scales/Procedural justice
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Procedural justice (alpha = 0.86/0.90)
Description
Four dimensions of organizational justice were measured with a scale developed and validated by Colquitt (2001): procedual, distributive, interpersonal, and informational justice. The scale ranged from 1 (to a very small extent) to 5 (to a very large extent).
Definition
Organizational justice refers to perceptions of fairness in decision-making and resource allocation environments.
Procedural justice refers to the perceived fairness of decision-making procedures.
Items
Are you able to express your views during those procedures?
Can you influence the decisions arrived at by those procedures?
Are those procedures applied consistently?
Are those procedures free of bias?
Are those procedures based on accurate information?
Are you able to appeal the decisions arrived at by those procedures?
Do those procedures uphold ethical and moral standards?
Sources
Colquitt/Rodell (2011): Justice, trust, and trustworthiness: A longitudinal analysis integrating three theoretical perspectives. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 1183–1206
Colquitt, J. A. (2001). On the dimensionality of organizational justice: A construct validation of a measure. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 86, No. 3, pp. 386–400
Related Scales
Distributive justice
Informational justice
Interpersonal justice