Sodabe Vatankhah , Somaye Yegane, Taha Nasiri , Lida Shams, Golrokh Atighechian , Habibe Vazirinasab,
Volume 7, Issue 6 (3-2014)
Background and
Aim: Since employees satisfaction
have important effects on achieving the goals of organizations and also
organizational justice is a key factor in employees satisfaction, The aim of this study was to
determine the relationship between organizational justice and organizational
citizenship behavior in selected hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Materials
and Methods: This study was a descriptive and cross-sectional analysis.
The study sample was composed of 312 employees from selected hospitals of
Tehran University of Medical Sciences by cluster Stratified Random sampling. Data collected by
using two questionnaires: Moorman& Niehoff Organizational Justice and Yaghoobi Organizational Citizenship Bahavior. The questionnaires
reliability was supported and based on Cronbach s Alfa (OJ=94%, OCB=93%) and
questionnaire validity was confirmed by specialist point of view. Data was
analyzed by SPSS 18 software.
Results: The
result of analysis revealed that Hasheminejad hospital had the highest score of
organizational citizenship behavior in all dimensions except for altruismin
dimension. The score in each of the dimensions for organizational justice
except for interactional justice in Hasheminejad hospital were the highest
There was significant relationship between organizational justice and
organizational citizenship behavior in the following dimensions: Altruism,
Conscientiousness, Courtesy, Sportsmanship (p=0/0001).
Conclusion: As
shown, there was a relationship between organizational justice and all aspect
of organizational citizenship behavior in selected hospitals and also there was a positive
relationship between involving staffs in organizationl activities with
facilitating achievement of organizational goals and improvement of hospital
performance, Therefore, strategies should be adopted in line with
organizational justice to increase citizenship behavior.