How Prevalent Are the Different Types of Organizational Justice Research?

Korkmaz, Habibe Tuğba Erol

In his article, Greenberg (2009) classified justice research into four types. Basic research uncovers the nature and structure of justice; implication research examines relationships of justice with organizationrelevant phenomena; intervention research assesses the efficacy of initiatives designed to cultivate justice; and case study research describes anecdotal applications of justice initiatives. As he noted, the justice literature is predominantly comprised of basic and implication research, while little work has put into practice of the knowledge that has been gained from this research. As a result, very few examples of intervention and case study research exist. The goal of this commentary is to add numbers to Greenberg’s taxonomy of the justice literature in order to determine the cu...