The Measurement of Fairness or Equity Perceptions of Management Information Systems Users.

Author List: Joshi, Kailash;
MIS Quarterly, 1989, Volume 13, Issue 3, Page 343-358.
This article reports the development of an instrument to measure the perceptions of fairness or equity experienced by users in the context of allocation of information systems resources by the centralized MIS function. Literature in the area of equity and social justice is presented to identify the dimensions of equity relevant to the MIS environment. The article presents the results of data analysis on a cross-sectional survey conducted to refine and evaluate the instrument. Support for reliability and validity of the instrument is presented. Possible applications of the instrument are discussed in the concluding section.
Keywords: distributive fairness; equity; factor analysis; instrument development; management of MIS; Political perspective of MIS; procedural fairness; reciprocal fairness; user information satisfaction; validity and reliability assessment
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