An investigation into the effect of organizational justice on employees’ job satisfaction among government health workers in Kalomo District

Abstract

The primary purpose of the research was to investigate the relationship between organizational justice and employee job satisfaction. In this study, the research sampled four health facilities namely the Request Muntanga Hospital, Kalomo Urban Clinic, Namwianga Mission Hospital and Mawaya Clinic. The study employed the quantitative research approach employing the descriptive research design. Data was collected using structured questionnaires and analysed using descriptive and regression analyses. The findings of the study showed that distributive justice, procedural justice and interactional justice were all negatively related to employee job satisfaction. Generally, the study concluded that there is poor organizational justice in health facilities in Zambia leading to employee job dissatisfaction. The study recommended for equality and training programs for employees to enhance organisational justice. However, the major limitation of the study was that it was limited to public health workers in Kalomo Southern province with a focus on health facilities in the peri-urban area. Thus, future studies can also broaden the scope of the study by incorporating health workers in other regions such as Copperbelt and Lusaka.