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- Title
A Transformational Model of Legal-Claiming.
- Abstract
We propose a model of legal-claiming based on the "transformational" approach to disputes detailed by Felstiner et al. (1980-1981). Our model suggests disputes evolve, with a number of areas of organizational behavior providing explanations for individual disputant actions at specific points in time, including self-categorization theory, attribution theory, social accounts, organizational justice, conflict escalation, and social information processing. We also develop multiple propositions relating to legal-claiming that were inductively derived from in-depth interviews with 38 employees who filed employment-discrimination claims with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Propositions focus on various stages of the dispute, including "naming," "blaming," "claiming," and "disputing." Important theoretical and practical implications and limitations of the transformational model proposed are discussed.
- Subjects
ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; ORGANIZATIONAL justice; CONFLICT management; INFORMATION processing; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYEES
- Publication
Journal of Managerial Issues, 2009, Vol 21, Issue 4, p552
- ISSN
1045-3695
- Publication type
Article