An Analysis of the Influence of Organizational Justice on Organizational Commitment

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of organizational justice on organizational commitment of public organization. To do so, this study first divided organizational justice into distributive justice and procedural justice and analyzed the effect of each type of justice on organizational commitment. Second, this study analyzed the mediating effect of public service value on the relationship between organizational justice and organizational commitment, reflecting the characteristics of public organizations.

The results of the analysis demonstrated the following: First, both distributive justice and procedural justice resulted in an increase in organizational commitment. Second, procedural justice resulted in an increase in public service value. However, distributive justice resulted in a decrease in public service value. Third, in relation to organizational justice and commitment, the mediated effect of public service value was statistically significant.

KEYWORDS:

• Distributive justice
• procedural justice
• organizational commitment
• public service value

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.