Organizational Justice: Defining and Measuring its Impact on Organizational Commitment and Rule Violation in American Policing

• In Event: Inside Police Organizations: Innovation, Organizational Justice and Deviance

Abstract

Organizational justice is the perception held by employees that they are being treated fairly, respectfully, and compassionately by management. In this paper we conceptualize and measure various dimensions of organizational justice within agencies participating in the National Police Research Platform. We then test hypotheses about the impact of organizational justice on employee’s commitment to organizational goals and willingness to break the rules.

Authors

• Dennis Rosenbaum, University of Illinois at Chicago

• William McCarty, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Stephen Mastrofski, George Mason University

• Lorie A. Fridell, University of South Florida