TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF INEQUITY.

By J. Adams. 1963

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How Do Fairness Definitions Fare?: Examining Public Attitudes Towards Algorithmic Definitions of Fairness (2018, background): “Broadly, we investigate a concept of fairness known as distributive justice, or fairness regarding the outcomes (Adams, 1963; 1965).”
Moderators of the curvilinear relation between extent of telecommuting and job and life satisfaction: The role of performance outcome orientation and worker type (2010, background): “, 2001), likely leading to higher perceptions of equity and fairness (Adams, 1963) and thus higher job satisfaction.”
Job Satisfaction and Co-worker Wages: Status or Signal? (2009, unknown): “One prominent example is the fair wageeffort hypothesis formulated by Akerlof and Yellen (1990), which largely corresponds to Adams' (1963) theory of equity, in which effort depends on the relationship between fair and actual wages.”
The Moderating Effects of Equity Sensitivity on The Relationship Between Organizational Justice and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (2005, background): “According to Adams (1963), when the input-outcome ratio, compared to the ratio of the comparison other, is unequal the individual is motivated to restore equity by any one of a number of mechanisms.”
How to Support Innovative Behaviour?The Role of LMX and Satisfaction with HR Practices (2010, background): “The authors suggest to differentiate between three dimensions: 1) compensation amount—satisfaction with the amount of individual compensation considering work done and effort put in; 2) compensation comparison— satisfaction with individual compensation relative to other people and other jobs (distri”
How, When, and Why Bad Apples Spoil the Barrel: Negative Group Members and Dysfunctional Groups (2006, background): “If free riding persists, teammates face the challenge of correcting equity imbalances in input to outcome ratios relative to others (Adams, 1963). Research finds that the most common referent that people look to for social comparison (the ‘‘other’’ in the equity formulation) are the peers one works ”
Work Motivation: Directing, Energizing, and Maintaining Effort (and Research) (2012, background): “To evaluate input-outcome ratios, employees can make a range of comparisons (Adams, 1963, 1965).”
The New Era Workplace Relationships: Is Social Exchange Theory Still Relevant? (2018, background): “An important point raised by Adams (1965) was that inequity perceptions may be evoked not only when employees perceive themselves to be relatively disadvantaged (e.”
FAIRNESS OF AND SATISFACTION WITH PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PROCESS (2011, methodology): “Perceived organizational justice in human resource practices particularly in performance appraisal system was based on the equity theory research and most of the equity theory research was derived from Adams’ social exchange theory framework (Adams, 1963; 1965).”
Determinants of Partner Opportunism in Strategic Alliances: A Conceptual Framework (2010, background): “Following equity theory (Adams 1963), the partner that perceives its rewards as inequitable would be driven to assure a sense of equity.”
A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents and Consequences of Leader-Member Exchange (2012, background): “Third, differential justice perceptions resulting from high-quality or low-quality status is supported by equity theory (Adams, 1963) and referent cognitions theory (RCT; Folger, 1986).”
Modeling customer perceptions of complaint handling over time: the effects of perceived justice on satisfaction and intent (2002, background): “Distributive justice Based in social exchange theory, distributive justice focuses on the role of “equity,” where individuals assess the fairness of an exchange by comparing their inputs to outcomes to form an equity score (Adams, 1963).”
Equity Sensitivity: Construction of a Measure and Examination of Its Psychometric Properties (2000, background): “For example, if a subject disagrees with an equity sensitive item that anchors a scale midpoint, does that disagreement cause the subject's equity sensitivity score to increase or decrease? An argument could be made for either direction because both Entitleds and Benevolents are insensitive to equit”
Does pay for performance diminish intrinsic interest? (2012, background): “Failure to recognize the value of the work and/or performance and achievement with pay in the workplace may result in perceptions of pay inequity, which can drive undesirable behaviors (Adams 1963).”
A study of service quality, corporate image, customer satisfaction, revisit intention and word-of-mouth: evidence from the KTV industry (2020, background): “Equity theory posits that people compare their sacrifices and rewards that they receive during an exchange process (Adams, 1963).”