An Analysis of the Relationship between Organizational Justice Dimensions with Employee Performance Dimensions: A Case Study of Universities in Kurdistan Region

Authors

  • Hezha Botan Ismail Independent Researcher, Erbil, Iraq
  • Karwan Hushyar Sherwani Business and Management Department, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Tishk International University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v4i4p161

Keywords:

Organizational Justice, Distributive Justice, Procedural Justice, Interactional Justice, Employee Performance, Task Performance, Contextual Performance, Universities, Kurdistan

Abstract

 The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship of three dimensions of organizational justice, namely, distributive justice, procedural justice and interactional justice with dimensions of employee performance, namely, task performance and contextual performance in three private universities in Kurdistan Region (KR). The study was conducted based on data gathered from 87 members from all academic and administrative staff. The current study used the primary data for allocating questionnaire and the secondary data which is required for conducting research study work was gathered through journal articles and books related to organizational justice dimensions and dimensions of employee performance. The research strategy is quantitative by using survey questionnaire in three private universities in Kurdistan. The findings of the study show that three dimensions of organizational justice, namely, distributive, procedural and interactional justice have positive correlations with task performance and contextual performance.

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01.06.2018

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Ismail, H. B., & Sherwani, K. H. (2018). An Analysis of the Relationship between Organizational Justice Dimensions with Employee Performance Dimensions: A Case Study of Universities in Kurdistan Region. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 4(4), 161-169. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v4i4p161

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