Relationship between Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction as Perceived by Jordanian Physical Education Teachers

Ziad Lutfi Altahayneh,Aman Khasawneh,Abedalbasit Abedalhafiz

doi:10.5539/ass.v10n4p131

Abstract

This study aimed at exploring the relationship between organizational justice and job satisfaction as perceived by Jordanian physical education teachers. Participants consisted of 166 physical education teachers selected from public schools in Jordan. Organizational Justice Scale and Job in General Scale were used to collect the data. The findings revealed that the majority of physical education teachers were satisfied with their job in general and their perceptions about organizational justice were positive. Furthermore, the findings showed a positive and significant relationship between all dimensions of organizational justice and teachers' job satisfaction. Interactional justice was the best predictor of teachers' job satisfaction followed by procedural justice and distributive justice respectively. The full prediction model explained 19% of the variance in job satisfaction of physical education teachers in Jordan.

Highlights

Job satisfaction or employee satisfaction is one of the most comprehensively measured and researched topics in the fields of management and organizational psychology
These results suggest that school administrators should pay special attention to the importance of organizational justice at the workplace, and they must put it into practice in order to improve teachers' satisfaction and commitment
The results of the current study were consistent with previous research and added support to the literature on organizational justice and job satisfaction

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Introduction

Job satisfaction or employee satisfaction is one of the most comprehensively measured and researched topics in the fields of management and organizational psychology. Job satisfaction is basically how people feel about their work and different aspects of their work (Spector, 1997). It is the workers' negative or positive attitudes towards his/her job (Greenberg & Baron, 2008). This is echoed by Moorhead and Griffin (2004) who said that "job satisfaction is the extent to which a person is gratified or fulfilled by his or her work" This is echoed by Moorhead and Griffin (2004) who said that "job satisfaction is the extent to which a person is gratified or fulfilled by his or her work" (p. 99)

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