The role of organisational justice on employee engagement within a public service organization.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between organisational justice and employee engagement in a South African public service organisation. The Organisational Justice Measurement Instrument (OJMI) was used as a measure of organisational justice and Utrech Work Engagement Scale measured the participants’ levels of work engagement. These measuring instruments were administered to a random sample size of public service organisation employees (n=289). Descriptive statistics and correlational analysis were conducted to analyse the data. The results of the correlational analysis indicated a significant correlations between organisational justice and work engagement dimensions namely; vigour, dedication and absorption. In terms of contributions and practical implications, insight gained from the findings may be used in proposing organisational development interventions to enhance employees’ work engagement levels as well as to conduct future research.