Joe recently got a raise at work, based on his excellent performance evaluation. He is happy with the amount of the raise and had input into the way his performance was rated. However, during the performance appraisal meeting, his supervisor Amy was very rude to Joe. She told him she resented giving him the raise, and admitted that while he was an excellent worker, she did not personally like him. Amy did not act this way toward other workers in department. Joe experienced feelings of inequity after the conversation. Why?

Joe's perceptions of procedural justice were violated.

Joe's perceptions of distributive justice were violated.

Joe's perceptions of interpersonal justice were violated.

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

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