The role of perceived organizational support in the relationship between justice perceptions and employee outcomes in the professional context.

Loi Chi-ho. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-106). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT (in English) --- p.i ; ABSTRACT (in Chinese) --- p.iii ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv ; TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v ; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES --- p.vii ; CHAPTERS ; Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Background of the Study --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Purposes and Objectives of the Study --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of the Study --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Structure of the Thesis --- p.8 ; Chapter 2. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.1 --- The Social Exchange Perspective --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Organizational Support Theory and Social Exchange Perspective --- p.16 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Organizational Justice and Social Exchange --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Distributive Justice --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- Procedural Justice --- p.23 ; Chapter 2.4 --- The Professional Context --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.4.1 --- The Professional Model --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.4.2 --- Professional Identification --- p.29 ; Chapter 3. --- HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT --- p.33 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Organizational Justice and Organizational Commitment --- p.33 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction --- p.38 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Moderating Effect of Professional Identification --- p.41 ; Chapter 4. --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.47 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Sample and Procedure --- p.47 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Measurement and Variables --- p.49 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Analytical Strategy --- p.53 ; Chapter 5. --- RESEARCH RESULTS --- p.56 ; Chapter 5.1 --- Factor Structure of the Measures --- p.56 ; Chapter 5.2 --- Descriptive Statistics --- p.58 ; Chapter 5.3 --- Test of the Mediating Hypotheses --- p.62 ; Chapter 5.4 --- Test of the Moderating Hypotheses --- p.69 ; Chapter 6. --- DISCUSSION --- p.74 ; Chapter 6.1 --- Does Distributive Justice Matter? --- p.74 ; Chapter 6.2 --- Moderating Effect of Professional Identification --- p.78 ; Chapter 6.3 --- ...