Citizen Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and the Moderating Roles of ‘Belief in a Just World’ and ‘Public Service Motivation’ in Public Hiring

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Citizen Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and the Moderating Roles of ‘Belief in a Just World’ and ‘Public Service Motivation’ in Public Hiring. / Pedersen, Mogens Jin; Stritch, Justin Michael; Taggart, Gabel.

In: Public Administration, Vol. 95, No. 4, 2017, p. 874-894.

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Pedersen, MJ, Stritch, JM & Taggart, G 2017, 'Citizen Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and the Moderating Roles of ‘Belief in a Just World’ and ‘Public Service Motivation’ in Public Hiring', Public Administration, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 874-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12353

APA

Pedersen, M. J., Stritch, J. M., & Taggart, G. (2017). Citizen Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and the Moderating Roles of ‘Belief in a Just World’ and ‘Public Service Motivation’ in Public Hiring. Public Administration, 95(4), 874-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12353

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Pedersen MJ, Stritch JM, Taggart G. Citizen Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and the Moderating Roles of ‘Belief in a Just World’ and ‘Public Service Motivation’ in Public Hiring. Public Administration. 2017;95(4):874-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12353

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Pedersen, Mogens Jin ; Stritch, Justin Michael ; Taggart, Gabel. / Citizen Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and the Moderating Roles of ‘Belief in a Just World’ and ‘Public Service Motivation’ in Public Hiring. In: Public Administration. 2017 ; Vol. 95, No. 4. pp. 874-894.

Bibtex

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title = "Citizen Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and the Moderating Roles of {\textquoteleft}Belief in a Just World{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}Public Service Motivation{\textquoteright} in Public Hiring",
abstract = "This article expands our knowledge of how variation in public administrative processes affects citizen perceptions of procedural fairness (CPPF). Focusing on a specific administrative process—the selection and hiring process—we use a survey experimental design among 823 US citizens and examine the effect of a public hiring process involving the appearance of advocacy from an applicant's social contacts on CPPF. Moreover, we theoretically and empirically examine the moderating effects of two psychological constructs: {\textquoteleft}belief in a just world{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}public service motivation{\textquoteright}. We find that citizens rate the procedural fairness of a hiring situation much lower when the situation appears to be influenced by an applicant's social contacts. However, citizens who report stronger {\textquoteleft}belief in a just world{\textquoteright} have less concern with a hiring process marked by advocacy, whereas citizens with higher levels of {\textquoteleft}public service motivation{\textquoteright} have more concern",
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