Employee Discrimination Claims and Employee-initiated Lawsuits: Does Procedural Justice Climate Moderate the Claims → Disputes Relationship?

摘要

The present study demonstrated that the rate of employee discrimination claims in a given work unit was a significant predictor of the rate of lawsuits filed. However, this relationship was moderated by organizational procedural justice climate, which acted as a buffer against lawsuits. Specifically, with a high rate of discrimination claims, those organizational districts with a climate for higher levels of procedural fairness experienced fewer lawsuits on average than those districts with a lower climate for procedural fairness. This research has begun to help explain how and when legal claiming leads to legal disputing. With an increase in the number of employee-initiated lawsuits, investigations that examine why employees file lawsuits are important for understanding how managers can avoid legal claims and disputes against their organization in the future.