Justice and employee engagement

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of trust in the relationship of justice and employee engagement (EE) in Indian B-schools. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple regression was carried out on the responses obtained from 320 academics working in different Indian B-...

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Published in:Asia-Pacific journal of business administration 2015-04, Vol.7 (1), p.89-103
Main Authors: Gupta, Manish, Kumar, Yln
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employee involvement
Hypotheses
Influence
Management science & operations
Management science/operations research
Mediators
Organizational justice
Researchers
Trust
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Summary:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of trust in the relationship of justice and employee engagement (EE) in Indian B-schools. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple regression was carried out on the responses obtained from 320 academics working in different Indian B-schools. Findings – The results showed that vertical trust (VT) partially mediates the procedural justice (PJ) and the EE relationship. Distributive justice, PJ, VT and EE were found to be significantly correlated with each other. Research limitations/implications – A very important implication from the findings is that the research will help the Indian B-schools engage their employees in a better manner and face the challenging environment. Future research can be carried out on finding the mediating effects of leader member exchange on VT-EE relationships with other levels of higher education. Originality/value – The current study empirically proved that a good level of PJ leads to a high level of VT and which ultimately results in engaged academics in Indian B-schools.
ISSN:1757-4323
1757-4331
DOI:10.1108/APJBA-04-2014-0048