Organizational decision makers may believe controlling supervisors’
behavior is sometimes difficult, and so they may have little
faith in truly preventing supervisor abuse. Whereas DJ is generally
described as a well-functioning control mechanism for employee
behavior (Cropanzano & Greenberg, 1997), the current study
suggests that it is counterproductive as a compensatory mechanism
for supervisor abuse. Instead, fair outcomes exacerbate supervisorabused
victims’ harmful responses. Consistent costs or consistent
benefits are a better strategy for organizations than inconsistencies
(J. N. Baron & Kreps, 2003). To control employee deviance, the
best strategy is to prevent supervisor abuse and allocate outcomes
fairly.