Fairness issues and job satisfaction among Korean employees: The significance of status value and procedural justice in work orientation

Jeongkoo Yoon

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Abstract

This study investigates how justice or fairness issues such as procedural justice, distributive justice, and status equity affect job satisfaction among Korean employees. Incorporating cultural values and social norms salient in Korea, the study hypothesizes that perceptions of procedural justice enhance more job satisfaction than perceptions of distributive justice among Korean employees. Another hypothesis, based on Korean employees' aspiration for higher occupational status, predicts that perceptions of status equity, i.e., occupational prestige of their current jobs relative to their human capital, also increase job satisfaction more than perceptions of distributive justice. These two hypotheses were tested with a sample of 501 full-time employees in Korea. Supporting the hypotheses, the results indicated that (i) perceptions of procedural justice produce more job satisfaction than do perceptions of distributive justice; and (ii) perceptions of status equity are the most important factor predicting job satisfaction among the three fairness issues. Cross-cultural implications of these findings are discussed in more detail.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-143
Number of pages23
JournalSocial Justice Research
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

Keywords

  • Fairness
  • Job satisfaction
  • Procedural justice

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