Fairness of Rewards and Employees' Time Perspective: Influence of Situational Factors on Employees’ Cognitive Process

Abstract

When employees accept their reward, the positive side of time perspective increases and the negative side of time perspective decreases. Such a acceptability is produced by the accuracy of performance evaluation, correctly fixed rewards, and decision-making based on close communication. However, many of such relationship are not mediated by employees’ perceived fairness (general fairness judgment). The more interest in reward of proper manner, and the more preference for equity distribution and equal distribution, employees tend judge the degree of fairness based on actual system, outcome and process of reward distribution. Perceived fairness decreases the negative time perspective, especially when employees perceive fitness with job environment and receives adequate level of rewards.