Abstract

Organizational justice is important for most employees. Distributive justice (fairness of outcomes) and procedural justice (fairness of processes to reach outcomes) are two major dimensions of organizational justice. Limited research has examined how perceptions of the distributive and the procedural types of justice are linked with job stress of correctional staff, and the vast majority of this limited research has been conducted with U.S. staff. The current study examined how these dimensions of organizational justice are associated with job stress among Nigerian correctional staff. Findings from a survey of 120 staff members from a correctional institution in Southeast Nigeria showed a significant relationship between organizational justice and job stress. Contrary to a similar study in the United States that found that distributive justice had more impact on correctional job stress, employee perceptions that organizational processes and procedures were fair and transparent were associated with a reduced level of stress in Nigeria. One implication of the study findings is that the impact of the distributive and procedural types of justice on staff morale and stress may be attributed more to environmental context and situation.

摘要

组织公正对大多数员工而言都很重要。分配正义（成果的公正）和程序正义（达成成果的过程的公正）是组织正义的两个主要方面。有限的研究调查了对分配和司法程序类型的看法与惩教人员的工作压力之间的关系，而这项有限的研究绝大多数是由美国人员进行的。本研究调查了尼日利亚惩教人员的组织公正这些方面与工作压力之间的关系。对尼日利亚东南部一家惩教机构的120名工作人员进行的一项调查发现，组织公正与工作压力之间存在着重要的关系。与美国的一项类似研究相反，该研究发现分配性司法对矫正工作压力有更大的影响，而员工认为组织过程和程序是公平和透明的，这与尼日利亚减轻压力水平有关。研究结果的一个含义是，司法的分配和程序类型对员工士气和压力的影响可能更多地归因于环境背景和情况。