The Effect of Organizational Justice on Job Satisfaction: A Case Study of Accounting Firms in Ghana

ABSTRACT

The study sought to examine the overall effect of organizational justice on the job satisfaction of employees among selected firms in Ghana. Guided by the literature, the study sample 60 a respondent from 3 accounting firms to examine the effect of organizational justice on the job satisfaction of employees and found that procedural and distributive justice were the two most common types of justice orientation within the firms. These categories help define the concept of justice to employees and how fairly they can obtain treatment within the working environment. Further, it was found that on average given the control variables, the organizational justice (procedural and distributive) of the sampled firms results in an increase in employee job satisfaction. The results show that on average given all the other variables when an employee is a male his satisfaction increases more than female employees. It is therefore evident that organizational justice is relevant to the working environment of organizations since it ensures effective reporting avenues and equal justice are established, helps foster unity, encourages employee participation since it makes employees feel belonged and accepted and also helps to create a healthy work environment which consequently improves job performance. The study recommends organizations harness a strong will for justice and fuse it into their organizational policies. This would make employees focused and aware of the needful and aid them to desist from certain unethical behaviours while adhering to strong morals.