Relation Between Perceived Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction

Authors

  • Ilse Maria Beuren Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC
  • Vanderlei dos Santos Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC
  • Leandro Marques Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC
  • Michel Resendes Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17524/repec.v11i0.1721

Keywords:

Distributive Justice, Procedural Justice, Interactional Justice, Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to verify the relation between the perceived distributive justice of rewards, tasks, procedural, interpersonal and informational justice and job satisfaction. Method: Survey involving employees from accounting service providers, resulting in 140 valid questionnaires. The perceived justice was analyzed from the reward distributive, task distributive, procedural, interpersonal and informational perspectives. Job satisfaction was analyzed in relation to the colleagues, wage, head, work itself and promotions. Results: The correlations evidence strong associations among all dimensions of justice. The perceived justice and satisfaction scores are low. The highest perceived justice is found in the interpersonal dimension, while the highest level of satisfaction is related to the head. Differences in gender, age, length of experience and targets did not affect the perceived justice and satisfaction. Nevertheless, differences were observed concerning the reception of variable remuneration. Contributions: The study contributes to the theoretical refinement by analyzing associations between five dimensions of justice and five categories of job satisfaction. Overall, perceived justice is analyzed in only three main dimensions and satisfaction at work is captured in general.

Author Biographies

Ilse Maria Beuren, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Doutora em Controladoria e Contabilidade pela FEA/USP Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Contabilidade da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC Endereço: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Reitor João David Ferreira Lima, s/n, Bairro Trindade CEP 88040-970 – Florianópolis, SC – Brasil

Vanderlei dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC

Doutorando em Contabilidade na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC Professor do Curso de Graduação em Ciências Contábeis da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC Endereço: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Reitor João David Ferreira Lima, s/n, Bairro Trindade CEP 88040-970 – Florianópolis, SC – Brasil

Leandro Marques, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC

Mestre em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Regional de Blumenau – FURB Professor da Faculdade La Salle Lucas do Rio Verde Endereço: Avenida Universitária, 1000W CEP: 78455-000 – Lucas do Rio Verde, MT – Brasil

Michel Resendes, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC

Michel Resendes Bacharel em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC Endereço: Rua Dr. Getúlio Vargas, 2822 – Bairro Bela Vista CEP: 89140-000 – Ibirama, SC – Brasil

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Published

2017-12-07

How to Cite

Beuren, I. M., Santos, V. dos, Marques, L., & Resendes, M. (2017). Relation Between Perceived Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction. Journal of Education and Research in Accounting (REPeC), 11. https://doi.org/10.17524/repec.v11i0.1721

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