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EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED POLYTECHNICS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Onyeka Chidi Okafor
Published 25 February 2025
Vol. 12, No. 3 (2024)
pp. 1-17
CC BY 4.0
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    Onyeka Chidi Okafor
    Department of Entrepreneurship Studies, Faculty of Management Sciences Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria
    NG

The study examined the effect of organizational justice on employee performance of government owned polytechnics in Anambra State of Nigeria. Relevant literature on organizational justice as well as employee performance was reviewed under conceptual, theoretical and empirical review. The work was anchored on justice judgment theory. A descriptive survey research design method was adopted. The target population of the study comprised3251 employees of the government owned polytechnics in Anambra State. The sample size was 356. The sampling technique employed was a convenient sampling strategy. The structured questionnaire was used to source data from the respondents. The researcher distributed three hundred and fifty-six copies of the questionnaire but only two hundred and ninety-three valid copies were retrieved and used for the analysis. Multiple regression analysis statistical technique was used to test the hypotheses formulated to guide the study. The findings of the study revealed that procedural justice has a significant effect on employee performance of government owned polytechnics in Anambra State. It also showed that distributive justice has a significant effect on employee performance. The study also discovered that interactional justice has a significant effect on employee performance. The study recommended that management should continue to follow normal procedures and also establish good communications system with the employees especially in the decision-making process as well as organizational relations by following the principle of organizational justice. The study concluded that management efforts to increase employees’ performance should be focused on relating to employees with dignity, respect and stateliness especially through leader-subordinate relations

JournalColumbia Journal of Business and Economic Research
ISSN3065-0291
Volume / IssueVol. 12, No. 3 (2024)
Pages1-17
Published25 February 2025
DOI10.5281/zenodo.14925147
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LicenseCC BY 4.0 — reuse with attribution
PublisherKeith Publications
Okafor, O. (2025). EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED POLYTECHNICS IN ANAMBRA STATE. Columbia Journal of Business and Economic Research, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14925147

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