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Linking Distributive and Procedural Justice to Employee Engagement Through Social Exchange: A Field Study in India
The International Journal of Human Resource Management
  • Soumendu Biswas, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India
  • Arup Varma, Loyola University Chicago
  • Aarti Ramaswami, ESSEC Business School, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2013
Publisher Name
Taylor & Francis
Abstract

Research linking justice perceptions to employee outcomes has referred to social exchange as its central theoretical premise. We tested a conceptual model linking distributive and procedural justice to employee engagement through social exchange mediators, namely, perceived organizational support and psychological contract, among 238 managers and executives from manufacturing and service sector firms in India. Findings suggest that perceived organizational support mediated the relationship between distributive justice and employee engagement, and both perceived organizational support and psychological contract mediated the relationship between procedural justice and employee engagement. Theoretical and practical implications with respect to organizational functions are discussed.

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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the The International Journal of Human Resource Management 2013 © Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09585192.2012.725072.

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Soumendu Biswas, Arup Varma and Aarti Ramaswami. "Linking Distributive and Procedural Justice to Employee Engagement Through Social Exchange: A Field Study in India" The International Journal of Human Resource Management (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/arup-varma/1/