Relationship between organizational justice and trust among nurses in Assiut University Hospital

Ahmed, Asmaa Mohammed; Fadel, Kawther Abd-El Motagely; Ghallab, Soad Ahmed; Abo El Magd., Nahed Shawkat

doi:10.21608/asnj.2014.58685

Relationship between organizational justice and trust among nurses in Assiut University Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nursing Administration Dep, Faculty of Nursing South Valley University, Qena, Egypt,

² Public Health And Community Medicine Dep., Faculty of Medicine - Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

³ Nursing Administration Dep, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt,

⁴ Nursing Administration Dep, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

10.21608/asnj.2014.58685

Abstract

In the recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the issue of organizational justice and its impacts on organizational outcomes. The concept of justice is central to understanding a wide range of human behavior in the organizational setting. Organizational justice refers to employee's perceptions of fairness in the workplace. It has shown to be associated with several outcomes such as job satisfaction, work motivation This study was amid to assessing the organizational justice and trust in three university hospitals at Assuit. Relationship between organizational justice and trust Research design: was a cross-sectional descriptive correlation research design. Setting: The study was carried out at Assiut University Hospitals (main, pediatric and woman reproductive health hospital) Subject: included a representative sample (727) from the total number of nurses who working in the three hospitals. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection; Organizational Justice Questionnaire, and Organizational Trust Scale. Results revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between organizational justice and trust conclusions: The nurses' perception of organizational justice was significantly correlated with organizational trust. Recommendation: Organizational management should apply and create what is called climate of fairness and trust through working within a team contribution.

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