Organizational Justice: Evidence of a New Psychosocial Predictor of Health
Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: This study examined the justice of decision-making procedures and interpersonal relations as a psychosocial predictor of health. METHODS: Regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between levels of perceived justice and self-rated health, minor psychiatric disorders, and recorded absences due to sickness in a cohort of 506 male and 3570 female hospital employees aged 19 to 63 years. RESULTS: The odds ratios of poor self-rated health and minor psychiatric disorders associated with low vs high levels of perceived justice ranged from 1.7 to 2.4. The rates of absence due to sickness among those perceiving low justice were 1.2 to 1.9 times higher than among those perceiving high justice. These associations remained significant after adjustment for behavioral risks, workload, job control, and social support. CONCLUSIONS: Low organizational justice is a risk to the health of employees.
Authors: Marko Elovainio, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2162151458