The Moderating Effect of Negative Affectivity in the Procedural Justice-Job Satisfaction Relation.

We examined the potential moderating effect of negativeaffectivity in the relation between perceptions of proce-dural justice and job satisfaction in two studies. In thefirst study, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 232individuals working for a Canadian public-sector organi-zation that was being partially privatized. In the secondstudy, we conducted a two-wave panel study of 173 uni-versity students participating in a co-operative educationwork term. In both studies, we found that the relationbetween procedural justice and job satisfaction wasstronger for those who were low in negative affectivitythan for those who were high in negative affectivity.These findings support the notion that employee disposi-tions influence the manner in which organizational fac-tors are perceived. In addition, these findings suggestthat fair procedures do not uniformly result in positiveorganizational outcomes (i.e., job satisfaction). Resume Nous nous sommes livres a deux etudes en vue d’exa-miner l’effet moderateur potentiel de l’affectivite negativesur la relation entre les perceptions de justice proceduraleet la satisfaction professionnelle. La premiere etude a con-siste d'une enquete transversale menee aupres de 232personnes au service d’un organisme public canadien envoie d’etre en partie privatise. Dans le cadre de la sec-onde, nous avons tenu un panel a deux volets composede 163 etudiants d’universite qui effectuaient un stageprofessionnel comme condition d’un programme d’alter-nance travail-etudes. Les resultats des deux etudes nousont amenes a constater que le rapport entre la justiceprocedurale et la satisfaction professionnelle etait plusforte chez ceux dont l’affectivite negative etait faible. Nosconstatations tendent a confirmer que la disposition del’employe influence sa perception des facteurs organisa-tionnels. De plus, elles laissent entendre que des proce-dures equitables ne conduisent pas a tout coup a desaboutissements organisationnels positifs (comme la satis-faction professionnelle).