Procedural justice and layoff survivors' commitment: a quantitative review.

Area of Science:

• Organizational Psychology
• Human Resource Management

Background:

• Layoffs are prevalent in modern organizations.
• Previous research shows a positive correlation between procedural justice and layoff survivor commitment, but with considerable variation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To estimate the population correlation between procedural justice and organizational commitment among layoff survivors.
• To identify factors contributing to the variability in correlations across existing studies.

Main Methods:

• Meta-analysis of studies examining procedural justice and layoff survivor commitment.
• Analysis of justice measure attributes (e.g., scale length, justice types included) to explain correlation variance.

Main Results:

• A significant positive population correlation (r = .34) was estimated across 9080 individuals.
• Justice measure characteristics, specifically multi-item scales and those combining procedural and interactional justice, explained significant variation.
• Justice and commitment correlations are consistently positive.

Conclusions:

• Procedural and interactional justice have a substantial positive impact on layoff survivors' organizational commitment.
• Employers should utilize comprehensive justice measures to maximize positive effects on commitment.
• Understanding justice attributes is key to explaining varied commitment outcomes post-layoff.