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Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
On-line version ISSN 2174-0534Print version ISSN 1576-5962
Abstract
GEENEN, Brigitte et al. What friends tell you about justice: the influence of peer communication on applicant reactions. Rev. psicol. trab. organ. [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.1, pp.37-44. ISSN 2174-0534. https://dx.doi.org/10.5093/tr2013a6.
This study examined the influence of peer communication concerning a selection procedure on the levels of anxiety among applicants taking a test and test motivation regarding a similar selection procedure, through the formation of interpersonal and distributive justice expectations. The hypotheses were addressed in a randomized four-group experiment. The results of the mediated hierarchical regression analyses showed significant mediating effects. Specifically, peer communication about interpersonal justice shaped applicants' interpersonal justice expectations, which in turn related negatively to applicants' levels of test anxiety. Peer communication about distributive justice shaped applicants' distributive justice expectations, which in turn related positively to applicants' test motivation.
Keywords : Peer communication; Distributive justice expectations; Interpersonal justice expectations; Test anxiety; Test motivation.