Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between teachers’ perceived organizational justice and job satisfaction. This quantitative study is designed in relational survey model. The sample of the research consists of 396 teachers working in the public high schools located in four central provinces of Mersin city. Organizational Justice Scale and Job Satisfaction Scale were used as data collection tools in the study. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t test, ANOVA and correlation analysis were performed by using SPSS 21 package program. According to the findings, the level of perception of teachers' organizational justice and job satisfaction is high. Of the demographic variables, only professional tenure caused meaningful differentiation at job satisfaction. Other variables did not cause meaningful differences at organizational justice and job satisfaction perceptions. There is a meaningful, low level and positive relationship between organizational justice and job satisfaction perception levels.

Highlights

  • Work has an important place in the life of the employee

  • Scales were distributed and collected to the teachers of the schools sampled by the researchers. 204 of the participants were women, 192 were men; 336 of them received 60 undergraduate degrees; 226 of them are in education faculty, 170 are faculty or college graduates other than education faculty; 46 have 1-5 years, have 610, have 11-15 and 241 have 16 years and more tenure

  • The answers that teachers give to the items on the Organizational Justice Scale are indications of their perceptions of the organizational justice level in their schools

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Summary

Introduction

Work has an important place in the life of the employee. The time spent at work is considered to be quite long This timeframe is influential on the physical and mental health of the employee. The attitudes and behaviors developed against the work are important for the healthy operation of the business life. Positive attitudes towards work are expected to be effective in improving employee performance (Altaş & Kuzu, 2013; Babalola, 2016; Büte, 2011; Özutku, 2008). Employees' performance is one of the most important factors in achieving productivity, which has an important place among organizational goals. The positive attitudes and behaviors that employees have developed against their jobs are regarded in terms of organizations. Perceptions developed by employees about how they are treated within the organization are effective in determining their attitudes towards business and business environment. These perceptions help employees to form and shape justice

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