Abstract
The influence of one dispositional variable (the allocator's gender role) and one situational variable (the gender role of an opposite-sex co-worker) on distributive justice behavior is examined in this research. Males and females who were masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated allocated rewards to masculine, feminine, or androgynous co-workers whose performance inputs were less than their own. The results indicate that feminine co-workers, regardless of their gender, received more generous allocations than masculine coworkers. Allocations to androgynous co-workers were intermediate and not significantly different from the other groups. Characteristics of the allocator had no effect on this relation. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of situational factors in distributive justice behavior. Implications of the findings for mixed-sex interactions in organizational contexts are also considered.
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