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Research Article
Getting even with one's supervisor and one's organization: relationships among types of injustice, desires for revenge, and counterproductive work behaviors
Article first published online: 5 OCT 2008
DOI: 10.1002/job.563
Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Jones, D. A. (2009), Getting even with one's supervisor and one's organization: relationships among types of injustice, desires for revenge, and counterproductive work behaviors. J. Organiz. Behav., 30: 525–542. doi: 10.1002/job.563
Publication History
- Issue published online: 25 MAR 2009
- Article first published online: 5 OCT 2008
- Manuscript Accepted: 25 AUG 2008
- Manuscript Revised: 24 AUG 2008
- Manuscript Received: 15 OCT 2007
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Abstract
I tested hypotheses derived from the agent–system model of justice specifying that, among the different types of justice, interpersonal and informational justice explain the most unique variance in counterproductive work behavior (CWB) directed toward one's supervisor, and procedural justice explains the most unique variance in CWB directed toward one's organization. I also tested whether individuals' desires for revenge against one's supervisor and one's organization mediate certain justice–CWB relationships. Results (N = 424) provided considerable support for the study hypotheses, showing that employees tend to direct their CWB toward the source of perceived mistreatment, and that desires for revenge explain part, but not all, of the relationships between some types of injustice and CWB. Implications for theory, research, and practice are discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.