IMPACT OF ORGANISATIONAL JUSTICE ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT [A STUDY OF OGUN STATE PROPERTY AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION (OPIC), OGUN STATE]

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of organizational justice on commitment. The study drew participant from the hospitality industry with a special focus on Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC). A sample size of one hundred and twenty-eight (128) staff were selected with the aid of convenience sampling technique. The data were then presented in simple percentage frequency table while the hypotheses were tested using correlation co-efficient and OLS with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS, version 23). The research findings show that there is a significant relationship between distributive justice and organizational commitment. Also there is a significant relationship between procedural justice and organizational commitment. Furthermore, informational justice does not significantly affect employee trust in management. Therefore, it is recommended that Procedural justice can be fostered further through employee involvement which gives them a voice during a decision-making process, influence over the outcome or by adherence to fair process criteria, such as consistency, lack of bias, correctability, representation, accuracy, and ethicality. And also that employers should have and put into practice organizational justice in dealing with their employees so as to bring about committed employees who will eventually see to the survival of the organization through improved performance.