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workplace, read “Determinants of Perceived Fairness of Performance Evaluations,” by Jerald Greenberg, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology 71 (1986): 340–42. You can also read “Effects of Procedural and Distributive Justice on Reactions to Pay Raise Decisions,” by Robert Folger and Mary Konovsky, published in the Academy of Management Jou

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There are a lot of approaches to organization design, but none are reliable and construct-valid. It ignores how personhood and work are intertwined. In addition, the organization isn't a self-aware social singularity, so employees are differentiated as futuristic cogs who 'energize' themselves autonomously. A strategy that can only focus on one sid... See more

I think these roles point to something a bit broader: the need for more generalist, or at least outlier, roles in organizations.

When organizations are very small, individuals matter most. But when organizations grow larger, the system - its structure and dynamics - comes to dominate the analysis.