Why Grant I-Deals? Supervisors’ Prior I-Deals, Exchange Ideology, and Justice Sensitivity

Supervisors often have knowledge of their subordinates’ characteristics, needs, and performance and thus play an important role in the authorization and implementation of idiosyncratic deals (I-deals). By adopting a supervisor-based perspective of I-deals and using the logic of appropriateness in decision-making as the theoretical framework, the study examines managers’ motives for authorizing I-deals. Specifically, we argue that supervisors are...