TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining retaliatory responses to justice violations and recovery attempts in teams
AU - Christian, Jessica Siegel
AU - Christian, Michael S.
AU - Garza, Adela S.
AU - Ellis, Aleksander P.J.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We examine the effect of supervisor injustice directed toward 1 team member and argue not only that the violated member will retaliate against the supervisor but that team members will band together as a collective in order to retaliate. However, we argue that effects depend on which member is violated, such that violating a strategic core member will result in greater retaliation. We then test the effect of a supervisor recovery attempt, hypothesizing that a recovery will negatively impact retaliation and that the coreness of the violated member moderates this effect, such that it is more important to recover a core member. We test our hypotheses utilizing 64 teams engaged in a command-and-control simulation. Results generally support our hypotheses for retaliation in the form of fewer supervisor-directed organizational citizenship behaviors but are less supportive for retaliation in the form of lower supervisor performance evaluations.
AB - We examine the effect of supervisor injustice directed toward 1 team member and argue not only that the violated member will retaliate against the supervisor but that team members will band together as a collective in order to retaliate. However, we argue that effects depend on which member is violated, such that violating a strategic core member will result in greater retaliation. We then test the effect of a supervisor recovery attempt, hypothesizing that a recovery will negatively impact retaliation and that the coreness of the violated member moderates this effect, such that it is more important to recover a core member. We test our hypotheses utilizing 64 teams engaged in a command-and-control simulation. Results generally support our hypotheses for retaliation in the form of fewer supervisor-directed organizational citizenship behaviors but are less supportive for retaliation in the form of lower supervisor performance evaluations.
KW - Strategic core theory
KW - Supervisor-directed retaliation
KW - Team injustice
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U2 - 10.1037/a0029450
DO - 10.1037/a0029450
M3 - Article
C2 - 22823581
AN - SCOPUS:84874073327
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 97
SP - 1218
EP - 1232
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 6
ER -