Patterns of Organisational Justice Among Swedish Employees: Results From a Latent Profile Analysis

Despite extensive research on organisational justice, it remains unknown how organisational justice aspects interrelate and co-occur in individuals. Using a person-centred approach, and latent profile analysis specifically, we examine profiles of procedural, distributive (as measured by effort-rewar...

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Main Authors: Constanze Leineweber, Paraskevi Peristera, Constanze Eib, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel
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Published: Stockholm University Press 2025-07-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
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author Constanze Leineweber
Paraskevi Peristera
Constanze Eib
Claudia Bernhard-Oettel
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description Despite extensive research on organisational justice, it remains unknown how organisational justice aspects interrelate and co-occur in individuals. Using a person-centred approach, and latent profile analysis specifically, we examine profiles of procedural, distributive (as measured by effort-reward imbalance), interpersonal, informational, and overall justice. Profiles are validated with covariates as well as work and health outcomes cross-sectionally and prospectively over time. Data from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH) from 2018 (n = 9,756) and 2020 (n = 7,542) were used. Based on data from 2018, we found four different profiles: an ‘Average justice’ profile, a ‘High justice’ profile, a ‘Low justice’ profile and a ‘Low process-focused justice’ profile. The ‘Low justice’ profile, especially, was comprised of a high proportion of women, lower educated, public-sector employees and shift workers. The ‘Low justice’ profile showed high levels of intentions to leave, suboptimal general health and low job satisfaction in 2018 and 2020. Results highlight the importance of organisational justice to maintain a healthy and motivated workforce and indicate that low levels of procedural justice might partly be mitigated by high levels of interactional justice. The study responds to the appeal by justice researchers to consider the experiential nature of justice perceptions and underscores the merit of moving beyond variable-oriented methods.
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spelling doaj-art-ccb8a30a93794d739a5016d8a18af3702025-08-21T12:31:36ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology2002-28672025-07-01101101010.16993/sjwop.340340Patterns of Organisational Justice Among Swedish Employees: Results From a Latent Profile AnalysisConstanze Leineweber0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-2405Paraskevi Peristera1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9910-1132Constanze Eib2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4921-4865Claudia Bernhard-Oettel3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8683-115XDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University, StockholmDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University, StockholmDepartment of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala; Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, StockholmDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University, StockholmDespite extensive research on organisational justice, it remains unknown how organisational justice aspects interrelate and co-occur in individuals. Using a person-centred approach, and latent profile analysis specifically, we examine profiles of procedural, distributive (as measured by effort-reward imbalance), interpersonal, informational, and overall justice. Profiles are validated with covariates as well as work and health outcomes cross-sectionally and prospectively over time. Data from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH) from 2018 (n = 9,756) and 2020 (n = 7,542) were used. Based on data from 2018, we found four different profiles: an ‘Average justice’ profile, a ‘High justice’ profile, a ‘Low justice’ profile and a ‘Low process-focused justice’ profile. The ‘Low justice’ profile, especially, was comprised of a high proportion of women, lower educated, public-sector employees and shift workers. The ‘Low justice’ profile showed high levels of intentions to leave, suboptimal general health and low job satisfaction in 2018 and 2020. Results highlight the importance of organisational justice to maintain a healthy and motivated workforce and indicate that low levels of procedural justice might partly be mitigated by high levels of interactional justice. The study responds to the appeal by justice researchers to consider the experiential nature of justice perceptions and underscores the merit of moving beyond variable-oriented methods.https://account.sjwop.com/index.php/su-j-sjwop/article/view/340latent profile analysisorganisational justiceoverall justiceslosh
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title Patterns of Organisational Justice Among Swedish Employees: Results From a Latent Profile Analysis
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