Organisational Justice: An Archaic Nomenclature in Human Resources Management

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this research paper is to investigate the relationship between demographic variables and organisational justice. Design/Methodology/approach: Data was gathered from 112 teachers working in reputed private schools in the town of a South Indian State. The perception of Organisational Justice was measured using arithmetic mean; Non parametric Pearson’s Correlation analysis was performed for examining the relationship between gender and Perception of OJ; ANOVA for determining the influence of the demographic variables of the respondents (excluding gender) on their level of Organisational justice. Findings: The results revealed prevalence of injustice, untypical of the prevailing human resource management research literature. It revealed negative relationships between gender of the respondents and their perceptions of distributive, procedural, interactional and overall organisational justice. The results also affirmed that as years of teaching experience increased, the perception of organisational justice declined. Research Implications: Results of the research guides the Management of schools to implement policies facilitates organizational justice, that are perceived to be fair by the respondents. This study makes a significant contribution to the extant literature regarding organisational justice among teachers, serving private schools in particular. Originality Value: Findings of this research contribute to the area of human resource management and organisational Justice. The current study fills a gap in the extant literature by investigating the influence of demographic variables on organisational justice among school teachers.