This paper reports on a study investigating employee perceptions of due process in a nonunion grievance procedure and its relationship to grievance system satisfaction, job satisfaction, and union voting intention. The results suggest that distributive justice and procedural justice may play equally important roles in overall system satisfaction and are highly related to employee intent to vote for or against union representation.
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