Relationship between Organizational Communication Satisfaction and Organizational Justice: An Empirical Study

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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between organizational communication satisfaction and organizational justice and to explore the impact of communication satisfaction on perceived justice in a group of university employees. Data were obtained through questionnaires among 481 academics working in public and private universities in Turkey. The research measures used in this study were the Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire of Downs and Hazen and the Organizational Justice Scale of Colquitt. Correlation analysis showed that there was an explicit positive relationship between organizational communication satisfaction and organizational justice. Communication satisfaction explained 63.9% of the variability in perceived organizational justice and dimensions of justice (procedural, distributive, interpersonal, informational) were all found to be markedly related to communication satisfaction. Besides, a stronger relation was assessed for procedural justice. In conclusion, the present study supported the expected relationship between communication satisfaction and organizational justice and implied that higher level of communication satisfaction can favorably influence the perceptions of organizational justice

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Relationship between Organizational Communication Satisfaction and Organizational Justice: An Empirical Study

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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between organizational communication satisfaction and organizational justice and to explore the impact of communication satisfaction on perceived justice in a group of university employees. Data were obtained through questionnaires among 481 academics working in public and private universities in Turkey. The research measures used in this study were the Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire of Downs and Hazen and the Organizational Justice Scale of Colquitt. Correlation analysis showed that there was an explicit positive relationship between organizational communication satisfaction and organizational justice. Communication satisfaction explained 63.9% of the variability in perceived organizational justice and dimensions of justice (procedural, distributive, interpersonal, informational) were all found to be markedly related to communication satisfaction. Besides, a stronger relation was assessed for procedural justice. In conclusion, the present study supported the expected relationship between communication satisfaction and organizational justice and implied that higher level of communication satisfaction can favorably influence the perceptions of organizational justice. 

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47. Table 1: Results of factor analysis for organizational justice scale Dimensions KMO value χ2 P
48. Cumulative variance (%) df Procedural justice
49. Distributive justice
50. Interpersonal justice
51. Informational justice ,913 ,847 ,790 ,889 1855,756 67,538 79,729 73,608 77,573 ,000 10
52. Table 2: Pearson correlations between communication satisfaction and organizational justice factors Variable 1 2 3 4 5
53. Communication satisfaction 1
54. Procedural justice ,765* 1
55. Distributive justice ,570* ,608* 1
56. Interpersonal justice ,651* ,682* ,504* 1
57. Informational justice ,744* ,785* ,592* ,791* 1 * p < .001.
58. Table 3: Regression Analysis Summary for Predicting Organizational Justice and Its Sub-dimensions
59. Predictor variable r r2 ,799 ,639 ,765 ,585 ,570 ,325 ,651 ,424 ,744 ,554 593,947
60. Informational justice ,000