Organizational justice and behaviour of human resource in industrial organizations in South-West Nigeria

Akintayo, D. I. and Ayodele, O.A.

¹Department. of Human Resource Development College of Management and Social Sciences, Osun State University, Okuku Campus, Nigeria.

²Department of Business and Private Law College of Law, Osun State University,  Ifetedo Campus

Corresponding author Email: diran_law4real@yahoo.com

Accepted 23 July 2012

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of organizational justice on behaviour of human resource in industrial organizations in South-West Nigeria. This was for the purpose of ascertaining the relevance of fairness in organizational practices to goal achievement in Nigeria. The study adopted ex-post-facto design. A total of 230 respondents were selected for the study, using proportionate stratified sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a set of questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.88 using Cronbach alpha formula. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level using Pearson product moment correlation and t-test statistical methods. The finding of the study revealed that there was a significant influence of organizational justice on job commitment, job involvement and absenteeism behaviour of human resource in industrial organizations in South-West Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that human resource should be involved in planning and implementation of organizational programmes in order to motivate them towards job commitment, job involvement and reduction in absenteeism behaviour. Also, the wages and salaries should be subjected to continuous review and promptly paid in order to foster job commitment, job involvement and reduction of absenteeism behaviour among the workforce with corresponding effects on organizational goals.

Keywords: Organizational justice and behavior, Human resource, Industrial organizations