ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

ABSTRACT

This study empirically investigated the influence of organisational justice on employee engagement in the tertiary institutions in Edo State. Its specific objectives are to examine the influence of distributional, procedural and interactional justice on employee engagement in the tertiary institutions in Edo State. In achieving these objectives, the study adopted the cross sectional survey research design. It specifically makes use of data collected from four hundred and one (401) staff of the tertiary institutions in Edo State. Data collected were analyzed with descriptive and Ordinary Least Square regression. The study reveals that organisational justice has significant influence on employee engagement in the tertiary institutions in Edo State.  It also reveals each of the dimensions of organisational justice: distributional, procedural and interactional positively and significantly influence employee engagement in the the tertiary institutions in Edo State. From these findings, the study recommends that managements of the tertiary institutions in Edo State should increase their efforts in rewarding employees according to their workload, work completed, work contributed, relevant skills and educations acquired; increase effort in promoting those policies or procedures where employees can be promoted on time  and as when due as well as provide employees with accurate, timely and adequate information to perform job and ensure all employees treated with politeness, supported equally, dignity, kindness,  consideration and in truthful manner.