Joe recently got a raise at work, based on his excellent performance evaluation. He is very

happy with the amount of the raise. During the performance appraisal meeting, his supervisor

Amy was very nice and complimentary of Joe, and reassured him that he was an excellent

worker. However, when Joe learnt that Mary, who he perceives as a mediocre employee, had

received a bigger raise than him, Joe experienced feelings of inequity. Why?

Joe's perceptions of interactional justice were violated.

Joe's perceptions of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice were violated.

Joe is overly sensitive$.$ There is no violation of equity theory in this scenario.

Joe's perceptions of procedural justice were violated.

Joe's perceptions of interactional and distributive justice were violated.