RT Article
T1 Exploring the association between organizational justice and job stress among Nigerian correctional staff
JF Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
VO 18
IS 4
SP 265
OP 281
A1 Elechi, O. Oko
A1 Lambert, Eric G.
A1 Otu, Smart
A2 Lambert, Eric G.
A2 Otu, Smart
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747363820
AB Organizational justice is important for most employees. Distributive justice (fairness of outcomes) and procedural justice (fairness of processes to reach outcomes) are two major dimensions of organizational justice. Limited research has examined how perceptions of the distributive and the procedural types of justice are linked with job stress of correctional staff, and the vast majority of this limited research has been conducted with U.S. staff. The current study examined how these dimensions of organizational justice are associated with job stress among Nigerian correctional staff. Findings from a survey of 120 staff members from a correctional institution in Southeast Nigeria showed a significant relationship between organizational justice and job stress. Contrary to a similar study in the United States that found that distributive justice had more impact on correctional job stress, employee perceptions that organizational processes and procedures were fair and transparent were associated with a reduced level of stress in Nigeria. One implication of the study findings is that the impact of the distributive and procedural types of justice on staff morale and stress may be attributed more to environmental context and situation.
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Organizational Justice
K1 Job stress
K1 Distributive Justice
K1 Correctional Staff
K1 Nigeria
DO 10.1080/15377938.2020.1786485