Predicting Organizational Commitment: Role of Distributive, Procedural and Interactional Justice
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Organizational Commitment, Organizational Justice, Distributive, Procedural, Interactional Justice, Linear Regression.Abstract
The significance of organizational commitment is well documented in research. Its impact on turnover intention, productivity, absenteeism and motivation have enthused scholars to understand it in great depth. This study is an attempt to further comprehend organizational commitment. This is done by exploring the relationship of commitment with organizational justice and its three dimensions. Fairness in organization is keenly observed and responded to by the employees. The data in this study is collected from employees of public sector banks. Data is analyzed by using statistical tools of correlation and simple linear regression. The results indicate that organizational justice and its three dimensions-distributive, procedural and interactional significantly predict organizational commitment. Out of the three dimensions, interactional justice predicts commitment most strongly. Results are elaborated upon in the discussion section. Managerial implications, limitations and future research areas are also discussed.Downloads
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