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Towards an integrative reactive theory on organizational justice. The effects of fairness perceptions on job performance in public sector organizations.
This pre-study addresses the supposed problem of terminological and conceptual confusion in the social sciences. Its basic aim is to better understand the claims about the multiplicity of available terms and concepts. In this first stage, the emphasis lies on exploring the problem situation. The pre-study intends to examine the claims about terminological or conceptual confusion and to learn about possible strategies to addresssuch confusion when necessary. This topic is explored here on a generallevel. The study does not have the intention to single out and discuss in detail particular techniques of conceptualization in the social sciences, such as the ideal type definition of social science concepts or theuse of cluster strategies. Rather, the pre-study intends to provide a general analysis of terminological and conceptual confusion and of strategies which deal with such confusion. In particular, the pre-study presents an outline of the problem, a provisional strategy for the specification and differentiation of social science concepts, and a partial trial application of this strategy. </>
The pre-study consists of two parts.The first part intends to describe the problem of terminological and conceptual confusion in the social sciences and to review the alternative strategies that have been proposed to address it. On the basis of these descriptions, the study outlines a preliminary design of a problem solution in the form of a provisional strategy for the specification and differentiation of social science concepts. The second part of the pre-studyconsists of a partial trial application of this strategy. This partial trial application consists of a specification of a social science concept. It is partial because the concept is specified but not yet differentiated from other concepts. The concept selected for specification is organizational justice. Organizational justice, termed as such by JeraldGreenberg in 1987, is a particular justice concept that stands for peoples perceptions of fairness in organizations (Colquitt et al., 2005: 5). The concept has been developed in social psychological studies sincethe 1960s and is currently studied in a multidisciplinary subfield called organizational justice research. </>
The pre-study consists of two parts.The first part intends to describe the problem of terminological and conceptual confusion in the social sciences and to review the alternative strategies that have been proposed to address it. On the basis of these descriptions, the study outlines a preliminary design of a problem solution in the form of a provisional strategy for the specification and differentiation of social science concepts. The second part of the pre-studyconsists of a partial trial application of this strategy. This partial trial application consists of a specification of a social science concept. It is partial because the concept is specified but not yet differentiated from other concepts. The concept selected for specification is organizational justice. Organizational justice, termed as such by JeraldGreenberg in 1987, is a particular justice concept that stands for peoples perceptions of fairness in organizations (Colquitt et al., 2005: 5). The concept has been developed in social psychological studies sincethe 1960s and is currently studied in a multidisciplinary subfield called organizational justice research. </>
Date:1 Oct 2008 → 20 Feb 2013
Keywords:Public sector, Justice
Disciplines:Other economics and business, Citizenship, immigration and political inequality, International and comparative politics, Multilevel governance, National politics, Political behaviour, Political organisations and institutions, Political theory and methodology, Public administration, Other political science
Project type:PhD project