Organizational Justice and Work-Family Conflict as Predictors of Workplace Deviance among Non-Academic Staff of University of Nigeria Nsukka

ABSTRACT 

The study investigated Organizational justice and work-family conflict as the predictors of workplace deviance among non-academic workers of University of Nigeria. Three hundred (male and female) non-academic workers of University of Nigeria participated in the study. Three instruments were used in the data collection, which includes organizational justice Scale (OJS), work-family conflict scale (WFC) scale and workplace deviant behaviour scale (WDB). Two hypotheses were tested. Result of the study shows procedural, distributive, interpersonal justice and family-work conflict (FIWW) as non significant predictor of workplace deviance among non academic workers of University of Nigeria Nsukka. The result also indicates informational justice and work-family conflict (WIWF) as significant predictor of workplace deviance (β = .18, p < .05) and (β = .25, p < .001) respectively. This means the higher the informational justice given to employees, the lower the workplace deviance. In other words, the provision of necessary organizational information (informational justice) such as explanation for pay reduction, late payment or introduction of organizational change will reduce workplace deviance. While for workfamily conflict, the higher the work-family conflict, the higher the workers engage into workplace deviance. This entails that workers who experience work role interfering with their family roles will not be pleased, rather will engage in workplace deviance as pay back. The limitations of the findings were highlighted and suggestions made for further studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page i

Certification page ii

Dedication iii

Acknowledgement iv

Table of contents v

List of Tables vi

Abstract vii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1

Statement of the problem 21

Purpose of the study 22

Operational Definition of Terms 23

CHAPTER TWO 25

Theoretical Review 24

Empirical Review 41

Summary of Literature Review 47

Hypothesis 50

CHAPTER THREE: METHODS 51

Participants 51

Instruments 51

Procedures 54

Design/Statistics 54

CHAPTER FOUR 56

Result 56

Summary of the main findings 60

CHAPTER FIVE 61

Discussion 61

Implications of the study 64

Limitations of the study 66

Suggestions for further studies 67

Conclusion 67

References 69

APPENDICES 90