Is there a need for employee protection processes in U.S. organizations today? A comparative study to assess the progress of procedural and distributive justice systems today versus unionization

Steven Cates ,Jason Jackson ,Carrie O’Hare

doi:10.18282/hrms.v6i1.3348

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Is there a need for employee protection processes in U.S. organizations today? A comparative study to assess the progress of procedural and distributive justice systems today versus unionization

Steven Cates

Jason Jackson

Carrie O’Hare

Human Resources Management and Services 2024, 6(1), 3348; https://doi.org/10.18282/hrms.v6i1.3348

Submitted：11 Sept 2023

Accepted：16 Dec 2023

Published：12 Jan 2024

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This research study was undertaken to complete a comparative study of the seminal work conducted by Anderson and Ruderman on procedural and distributive justice systems versus unionization. This research was conducted in 2023. The main focus of this research effort was to determine if current U.S. organizations were utilizing any form of justice system in protecting employees’ rights and providing processes that would prevent employees from having a desire to join a union for its protections. Parts of the original survey used by Anderson and Ruderman were used in this study to address the research questions and hypotheses posed for this study. A statistical analysis of the data was conducted, and the results indicated employees have a need for protection in their employment relationship. It is suggested that procedural and distributive justice systems be implemented as an alternative to unionization of employees to meet these employee protections.

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