Title: The influence of organisational justice on job satisfaction: evidence from an emerging nation

Authors: M. Sadiq Sohail, Nuraddeen Abubakar Nuhu

Addresses: Department of Management & Marketing, College of Industrial Management, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, P.O. Box 210, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia. ' Deanship of Scientific Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: With employee turnover becoming a significant managerial problem, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of organisational justice on employees| job satisfaction. This study is based on a questionnaire survey conducted in Saudi Arabia. Based on a model developed for this study, the paper uses empirical research to determine the relationship between distributional, procedural, and interactional justices on employees| job satisfaction. Findings of this study reveal that distributive and interactional dimensions of organisational justice have influence on the employees| job satisfaction in the Kingdom. The limitation of sample size and generalisation of results for the entire Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, although sample has been confined to the eastern region are some limitations of this study. This study makes a valuable contribution given the fact that there is a dearth of empirical studies of this nature undertaken in the Middle East region.

Keywords: job satisfaction; organisational justice; distributive justice; interactional justice; procedural justice; employees; Saudi Arabia; employee turnover.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2010.033662

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2010 Vol.2 No.2, pp.193 - 207

Received: 11 Nov 2009
Accepted: 09 Mar 2010
Published online: 15 Jun 2010 *

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