The Effect of Organizational Justice on Employees’ Psychological Well-Being: The Case under Study Hormozgan Rural Water and Sewage Company, Iran

One of the factors leading to attaining a better performance and the work force productivity is psychological wellbeing. The researchers have investigated the various factors affecting the psychological wellbeing; however, one of the factors which seem to affect the psychological wellbeing is organizational justice which has received little attention so far. The current research aims to study the influence of organizational justice on employees’ psychological wellbeing. A quantitate research methodology has been conducted to examine the correlation between these two variables. The target population is all employees of the Rural Water and Sewage Company located in Hormozgan province in Iran. In order to gather the data two scales including a standard questionnaire of organizational justice composed of three dimensions and psychological wellbeing with five dimensions have been employed. Both Validities and reliability of scales have been confirmed. Findings show that organizational justice generally affects the psychological wellbeing. The minimum and maximum effect of the distributional justice is on thriving at work and feeling competency, respectively. The minimum and maximum effect of procedural justice is on involvement at work and perceived recognition, respectively. The minimum and maximum influence of interactional justice is on fit at work and thriving at work, respectively. It is proposed that to improve psychological wellbeing, organizations ought to pay particular attention to organizational justice.