The Impact of Procedural Justice in Promotion on Job Engagement: From the Perspective of Chaxu Climate

摘要

As a universal phenomenon in Chinese society, guanxi is a powerful tool which influences daily management practices in China. The different interaction patterns caused by guanxi may damage employees' perception of fairness in promotion procedures and decrease their job engagement. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of perceived fairness on job engagement from the perspective of guanxi. By analyzing researches about perceived justice in guanxi, this study suggest that chaxu climate as well as employee-organization guanxi base are core antecedents of perceived fairness in promotion and organizational commitment serves as an important moderator between perceived fairness and job engagement.