Construction and validation of an instrument for measuring organizational justice

Abstract

This study aims to develop a measurement instrument for organizational justice perceptions, and to test the underlying dimensional structure. Four steps were completed. First: the items were collected from literature, and a questionnaire with Likert type scales was developed. Second: the questionnaire was applied to a sample comprising 167 individuals from 12 organizations, and the data were submitted to a principal component analysis. Third: a new questionnaire was developed containing the items remaining from principal component analysis. Four: a new sample comprising 282 individuals from 37 organizations was inquired, and the data were submitted to a confirmatory factor analysis. The findings suggest 3 dimensions of justice perceptions, the same that are emphasized in the literature: distributive, procedural, and interactional. However, the findings also show that the interactional dimension can be divided into 2 factors: interpersonal and informational justice.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v14i2.515