Organizational Psychology Special Issue: Recruitment and Selection in Europe: One step beyond

This study examined the influence of peer communication concerning a selection procedure on the levels of anxiety among applicants taking a test and test motivation regarding a similar selection procedure, through the formation of interpersonal and distributive justice expectations. The hypotheses were addressed in a randomized four-group experiment. The results of the mediated hierarchical regression analyses showed significant mediating effects. Specifically, peer communication about interpersonal justice shaped applicants ’ interpersonal justice expectations, which in turn related negatively to applicants ’ levels of test anxiety. Peer communication about distributive justice shaped applicants ’ distributive justice expectations, which in turn related positively to applicants ’ test motivation. © 2013 Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid. All rights reserved. Lo que te dicen los amigos sobre la justicia: influencia de la comunicación entre iguales en la reacción de los aspirantes R E S U M E N Este estudio examinó la influencia de la comunicación entre iguales en un proceso de selección sobre los niveles de ansiedad en aspirantes que realizan un test y su motivación para realizarlo en un proceso de se-lección similar, a través de la formación de expectativas de justicia distributiva e interpersonal. Las hipóte