Organizational Justice and
Workplace Bias Research Lab
The Organizational Justice and Workplace Bias Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign conducts both lab and field research on justice and bias that span disciplines of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, and Judgment and Decision Making.
The Organizational Justice research currently underway focuses on the impact of fairness information on managerial decision-making, multi-foci justice effects, the relationship between justice and social exchange, the role of both individual and situational factors in reactions to injustice (e.g., cognitive processing limitations, moral development), training for justice, and the effect of fairness on assessee responsiveness to feedback in the context of developmental assessment centers.
Current Workplace Bias research is focused on bias against older employees and employees with learning disabilities. In particular, this research explores the sources of bias against individuals in these populations as well as the psychological processes leading to biased behaviors. Knowledge structures, stereotypes, attitudes, and causal attributions are all being studied in this context.
Director: Deborah E. Rupp, PhD.
Lab Manager: Seth Spain
Graduate Students:
Amanda Baldwin
Michael Bashshur
Marcus Crede
Jyoti Ganapathi
Krista Mattern
Niti Pandey
Paul Sledd
Seth Spain
Sharmin Spencer
RESEARCH FUNDING PROVIDED BY:
- Center for International Business Education and Research
- UIUC Campus Research Board
- Center for Human Resource Management
*students as coauthors; †equal contribution/authors alphabetical
In press:
†Liao, H., & †Rupp, D. E. (in press). The impact of justice climate, climate strength, and justice orientation on work outcomes: A multilevel-multifoci framework. Journal of Applied Psychology.
†equal contribution/authors alphabeticalRupp, D. E., Vodanovich, S. J., & *Credé, M. (in press). Age bias in the workplace: The impact of ageism and causal attributions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Rupp, D. E., Vodanovich, S. J., & *Credé, M. (in press). The multidimensional nature of ageism: Construct validity and group differences. Journal of Social Psychology.
2004:
Cropanzano, R., Chrobot-Mason, D., Rupp, D. E., & Prehar, C. (2004). Accounting for corporate injustice. Human Resource Management Review, 14, 107-133.
2003:
Cropanzano, R., & Rupp, D. E. (2003). An overview of organizational justice: Implications for work motivation. In L. W. Porter, G. A. Bigley, & R. M. Steers (Eds.), Motivation and work behavior, 7th edition (pp. 82-95). Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Cropanzano, R., Rupp, D. E., & Byrne, Z. S. (2003). The relationship of emotional exhaustion to job performance ratings and organizational citizenship behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88 (1), 160-169.
2002:
Cropanzano, R., & Rupp, D. E. (2002). Some reflections on the morality of organizational justice. In S. Gilliland, D. Steiner, & D. Skarlicki (Eds.), Theoretical and cultural perspective on organizational justice (vol. 2, pp. 225-278). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers.
Rupp, D. E., & Cropanzano, R. (2002). Multifoci justice and social exchange relationships. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 89, 925-946.
Schminke, M., Cropanzano, R., & Rupp, D. E. (2002). Organization structure and fairness perceptions: The moderating effects of organization level. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 89, 881-905.
2001:
Cropanzano, R., Byrne, Z. S., Bobocel, D. R., & Rupp, D. E. (2001). Moral virtues, fairness heuristics, social entities, and other denizens of organizational justice. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 58, 164-209.
Cropanzano, R., Byrne, Z. S., Bobocel, D. R., & Rupp, D. E. (2001). Self-enhancement biases, laboratory experiments, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and the increasingly crowded world of organizational justice. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 58, 260-272.
Cropanzano, R., Rupp, D. E., Mohler, C. J., & Schminke, M. (2001). Three roads to organizational justice. In J. Ferris (Ed.), Research in personnel and human resource management (vol. 20, pp. 1-113). New York, NY: JAI.
Under Revision:
†Aguilera, R., †Rupp, D. E., †Williams, C., & *Ganapathi, J. (2005). Putting the S Back in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Multi-Level Theory of Social Change in Organizations. Under revision for Academy of Management Review. †equal contribution/authors alphabetical
Rupp, D. E., *Baldwin, A., & *Bashshur, M. (2005). Supervisory Justice Training: An Application of Developmental Assessment Centers. Under revision for The Psychologist Manager Journal.
Under Review:
*Bashshur, M., & Rupp, D. E. (2005). Justice facets across cultures: Equivalent and relative or relatively equivalent? Under review with Academy of Management Journal.
Cropanzano, R., *Paddock, L., Rupp, D. E., *Bagger, J., *Baldwin, A. (2005). Organizational justice and goal framing. Under review with Journal of Organizational Behavior
*Ng, Z. W., Rupp, D. E., & Drasgow, F. (2005). Justice climate as moderator of the conscientiousness-performance link. Under review with Journal of Applied Psychology.
*Ko, J., Cropanzano, R., Nam, K., & Rupp, D. E. (2005). Leader-member exchange and transformational-transactional Leadership: Testing an integrative model. Under review with Academy of Management Journal
Rupp, D. E., & *Spencer, S. (2005). When customers lash out: The effect of customer interactional injustice on emotional labor and the mediating role of discrete emotions. Under second review with Journal of Applied Psychology.
In Preparation:
*Bashshur, M., Rupp, D. E., & Christopher, J. Theoretically-based strategies for defining and measuring justice climate: Implications for multilevel research in organizational justice.
Byrne, Z. S., Rupp, D. E., *Mattern, K., & *Eurich, T. Expanding the link between justice and discrete emotions to include interactional (interpersonal and informational) justice: A further integration of cognitive appraisal theory and fairness theory.
Byrne, Z. S., Rupp, D. E., & *Ward, J. R. (2005). Effects of Expectations on Fairness Perceptions: A test of Hope-casts and Fear-casts.
*Qiu, T., Rupp, D. E., & Quals, W. The effect of interactional justice on cross-functional product development team performance.
Rupp, D. E. Testing the deontological model of justice: The moderating role of moral maturity.
Rupp, D. E., *Bashshur, M., *Credé, M., Smith, R. S., *Mattern, K., *Spencer, S. Person and Situational Antecedents to Social Exchange-Based Multifoci Justice: A Consideration of Coworkers.
Rupp, D. E., *Bashshur, M., Liao, H. Multilevel research in organizational justice: Theoretically-based strategies for defining and measuring justice climate.
Rupp, D. E., Byrne, Z. S., & *Wadlington, P. L. Taking an individual difference approach to the study of organizational justice: The development and validation of the Justice Orientation Scale.
Rupp, D. E., & *Ganapathi, J. Maximizing human resource potential through corporate social responsibility.
Rupp, D. E., Liao. H., Ko, J. Nam, K., *Bashshur, M. Taking a closer look at multifoci justice climate: Considerations of composition model and individual difference moderators.
Rupp, D. E., *Wadlington, P., Wadlington, B., & *Pandey, N. The impact of attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge on workers with learning disabilities.
2005:
*Baldwin, A., Rupp, D. E., *Bashshur, M. (2005). Managerial Justice Training: An Application of Developmental Assessment Centers. Theoretical Advancement presented at the 20th annual conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
Joshi, A., Rupp, D. E., Smith, R. S. (2005). The Effects of Demographic and Justice Orientation Dissimilarity on Reward Allocation Behavior. In L. A. Snyder (Chair), Predicting Diversity-related Outcomes: Examining the Roles of Justice. Symposium presented at the 20th annual conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
Liao, H., Rupp, D. E., Ko, J., Nam, K., *Bashshur, M. (2005). Justice Climate: The Effects of Moral Values and Measurement Strategies In D. M. Mayer, & M. S. Taylor (Chairs), Who Cares Most About Justice?: A Theoretically-Based Individual Difference Perspective. Symposium presented at the 20th annual conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
*Ng, Z. W., Rupp, D. E., Drasgow, F. (2005). Justice Climate as a Moderator of the Conscientiousness-Contextual Performance Relationship. Paper presented at the 20th annual conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
*Qiu, T., Rupp, D. E., Qualls, W. (2005).The effect of interactional justice on the performance of cross-functional product development teams. American Marketing Association Winter Conference.
*Qiu, T., Rupp, D. E., Qualls, W. (2005). Interactional Justice in Cross-Functional-Product-Development Teams. In J. Greenberg (Chair), Practical Applications of Organizational Justice: Putting Fairness to Work. Symposium presented at the 20th annual conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
Rupp, D. E. (2005). Discussant for M. J. Gelfand, & G. Shteynberg (Chairs), The Anatomy of Revenge: Recent Theoretical and Empirical Advances. Symposium presented at the 20th annual conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
Rupp, D. E., *Ganapathi, J., Aguilera, R., Williams, C. (2005). Employee Reactions to Corporate Social Responsibility: An Organizational Justice Framework. In Ganapathi, J. (Chair), Employee Reactions to Corporate Social Responsibility. Theoretical Advancement presented at the 20th annual conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
*Stein, J., & Rupp, D. E. (2005). Mortality and morality: Integrating organizational justice and terror management frameworks. Paper presented at the 20th annual conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, California.
2004:
*Bashshur, M., & Rupp, D. E. (2004). Social exchange as a mediator of justice effects across culture. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
*Bashshur, M., Rupp, D. E., & Christopher, J. (2004). Theoretically-based strategies for defining and measuring justice climate: Implications for multilevel research in organizational justice. Paper presented at the 64th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Byrne, Z. S., Rupp, D. E., *Mattern, K., & *Eurich, T. (2004). Emotions and affectivity as moderators of justice effects. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
Cropanzano, R., *Paddock, L., Rupp, D. E., & *Baldwin, A. (2004). The impact of decision framing on the process by outcome justice interaction. Paper presented at the 64th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana.
*Ko, J., Cropanzano, R., Nam, K., & Rupp, D. E. (2004). Leader-member exchange and transformational-transactional leadership: Testing an integrative model. Paper presented at the 64th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Rupp, D. E., *Bashshur, M., Smith, R. S., *Mattern, K., *Spencer, S., *Holub, A. S., *Credé, M., & *Baldwin, A. (2004). Person and situational antecedents to social exchange-based justice effects: A consideration of multiple perpetrators. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
Rupp, D. E., & Bobocel, R. (2004). Victims' responses to injustice: New frontiers in workplace justice. Symposium presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
*Spencer, S., & Rupp, D. E. (2004). The effects of customer interactional justice and supervisor distributive justice on emotional labor: A person-situation approach. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.*Sims, C., *Dalal, R. S., *Bashshur, M. R., *Bedwell, S., & Rupp, D. E. (2004). A common measure for a common problem: Generalized discrimination. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, Illinois.
Williams, C., Rupp, D. E., & Aguilera, R. (2004). Putting the S back in CSR: A multilevel model of corporate social responsibility. University of Illinois Public Law Colloquium.
2003:
Byrne, Z. S., & Rupp, D. E. (2003). Effects of discrete emotions on distributive, procedural, and interactional justice. Paper presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
*Credé, M., Rupp, D. E., & Vodanovich, S. J. (2003). Ageism: Group differences and construct validity. Paper presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
Liao, H., & Rupp, D. E. (2003). The impact of justice climate, climate strength, and justice orientation on work outcomes: A multilevel-multifoci framework. Paper presented at the 63rd annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington.
Rupp, D. E. (2003). Testing the moral violations component of fairness theory: The moderating role of value preferences. Paper presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
Rupp, D. E. (2003). New frontiers in job satisfaction, job performance, and their linkages. Symposium presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
Rupp, D. E., Byrne, Z. S., & *Wadlington, P. (2003). Justice orientation and its measurement: Extending the deontological model. Paper presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
Rupp, D. E., & *Ganapathi, J. (2003). Maximizing human resource potential through corporate social responsibility. Center for Human Resource Management Spring 2003 Roundtable. Chicago, Illinois.
Vodanovich, S. J., Rupp, D. E., & *Credé, M. (2003). Age bias in the workplace: The impact of ageism and causal attributions. Paper presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
2002:
Rupp, D. E. (2002). Multifoci justice and psychological contracts. Paper presented at the 17th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Toronto, Canada.
Cropanzano, R., & Rupp, D. E. (2002). The relationship of emotional exhaustion to job performance ratings and organizational citizenship behavior. Paper presented at the 62nd annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Denver, Colorado.
2001:
Cropanzano, R., Chrobot-Mason, D., Rupp, D. E., & Prehar, C. A. (April, 2001). Accountability for corporate injustice. Paper presented at the symposium for Accountability and Organizational Realities. Oxford, Mississippi.
2000:
Byrne, Z. S., & Rupp, D. E. (2000). Expectations, voice, and outcomes: Framing effects on perceptions of fairness. Paper presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana.
1990s:
Rupp, D. E. (1999). The effects of employee age and rater ageism on performance recommendations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Savannah, Georgia.
UIUC graduate program in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
UIUC graduate program in Human Resource Management
Social/Personality/Organizational Division, Department of Psychology, UIUC
Organizational Justice Research Lab
C/O Deborah E. Rupp, PhD.
Department of Psychology
603 E. Daniel Street
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL 61820
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