An empirical investigation of the influence of the organizational justice on safety climate : the moderating role of job security, trust and transformational leadership (quatitative study)
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Date
2012-06
Authors
Munisamy, Kogilavani
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
This study investigated the impact of organizational justice on safety climate
through the moderating effect of job security, interpersonal trust and transformational
leadership. On the basis of theoretical linkages among the constructs, a research
model and hypotheses were established.
The sample of this study was based on employees from manufacturing organization.
Total of 120 employees were asked to complete survey questionnaires. A total of 104
of those employees complete and returned the questionnaires (approximate
participation rate is 86%).The survey was accompanied by introductory letter which
explains the nature of the research. Self administered questionnaires were distributed
to fellow MBA students and colleagues who engaged in manufacturing organizations,
helped to distribute and answered the survey questionnaires accordingly.
In this study, it is found that there is a significant relationship between procedural
justice, distributive justice, interpersonal justice and safety climate. The current study
also provides evidence that there is moderating effect of transformational leadership
which is positively related to distributive justice. The finding of the present study
suggests that procedural justice, distributive justice and interpersonal justice help the
organization to implement its safety procedures and policies effectively. As the
moderator effect of interpersonal trust is significantly related to interpersonal justice.
Whereas for job security shows that procedural justice and informational justice are
affected by the job security.
This study furthered based on future studies by Gatien (2010), by adding the influence
of transformational leadership, job security and interpersonal trust as moderators. The mam concemed on this research is on organizational justice and safety climate in
manufacturing organization. It is also to understand more on the influences of the
organizational justice towards safety climate in the workplace.
As for theoretical implications, this study was intended to contribute further to the
field of research on the employees' safety practices generally towards their leaders
managing approaches specifically. While as a practical implication, it has been
revealed that many studies have indicated support for the studies of safety climate in
various sectors and various angles but the Researcher found only a few empirical
studies in this industry directly related to the organizational justice towards the safety
climate. Thus, this research had contributed to the field of manufacturing
organizations.
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Organizational justice on safety climate through the moderating effect of job security, interpersonal trust and transformational leadership.