Jackie thinks that she is paid a lot less than other employees in her division and feels extremely resentful. She starts taking long breaks and generally wastes time. Her actions resulted from a perceived lack of ________ justice.
A) interactional
B) distributive
C) procedural
D) associative
E) interpersonal

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Distributive justice refers to the perceived fairness of the outcomes or results of a decision-making process. In this case, Jackie feels that she is being paid less than other employees, which is a distribution issue. Her resulting behavior suggests that she feels aggrieved by the perceived unfairness. Interactional justice refers to the quality of the interpersonal treatment that people receive during the implementation of the decision, and procedural justice is concerned with the fairness of the procedures that lead to the decision. Associative justice and interpersonal justice are not recognized terms in organizational justice theory.

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