ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT AMONG NON-TEACHING IN ONDO STATE UNIVERSITIES, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between organizational justice (OJ) and organizational commitment (OC) among non-teaching staff of Ondo Universities. The sample consisted of 240 non-teaching staff members working with the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo State. OJ consists of three dimensions, namely, distributive justice (DJ), procedural justice (PJ), and interactional justice (IJ) which were used to measure the level of perception of justice among the non-teaching staff members of the University, whereas to determine the level of commitment among non-teaching staff members, the study used OC questionnaire. The study adopted cross-sectional survey design and primary data were analyzed using linear multiple regression method to find the relationship between OJ and OC and the results of the analysis were presented using tables. The main findings of the study indicated that distributive justice and interpersonal justice has significant effect on organizational commitment of non-teaching staff of University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo State. However, this study revealed that procedural justice has insignificant relationship with organizational commitment in the study area. It can be concluded that in the context of non-teaching staff in the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo there is significant and positive relationship between distributive and interpersonal justice and organizational commitment and there was no relationship or significant relationship between procedural justice and organizational commitment. The study could provide some significant literature contributions on the OJ and OC among non-teaching staff in Nigerian Universities, especially specialized ones.