Date of Award

1-1-2021

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Psychology

Program

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Content Description

1 online resource (v, 132 pages) : illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Sylvia G Roch

Committee Members

Jason G Randall, Anna Reiman

Keywords

Emotion, Entitativity, Organizational Justice, Employees, Organizational justice, Entity (Philosophy), Organizational sociology, Group identity, Collective behavior

Subject Categories

Organizational Behavior and Theory | Psychology

Abstract

Entitativity is an important group construct that has received little attention in the organizational psychology literature. The current study based on 343 employed individuals explores the potential role of entitativity perceptions of organizations on the relationship between justice perceptions and employees’ emotional and behavioral reactions. Results of a three-wave survey study suggest that entitativity perceptions are positively associated with employees’ experienced gratitude toward organizations but have no relationship with employees experienced anger toward organizations. In addition, this study provides evidence that positive emotions can mediate the effect of justice perceptions on positive behavioral outcomes, and negative emotions can mediate the effect of injustice perceptions on negative behavioral outcomes. The implications of these findings and limitations of the current study are discussed.

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