Work Alienation as a Mediator of the Relationship between Organizational Injustice and Organizational Commitment: Implications for Healthcare Professionals

Abstract

Organizational justice is an important predictor of several job attitudes and behaviors such as trust, turnoverintention, job satisfaction, job stress, organizational commitment, sabotage in workplace. This study examinesthe relationship between two dimensions of organizational injustice and organizational commitment, andwhether work alienation has mediating effects in this relationship. It was hypothesized that distributive andprocedural injustice would cause organizational commitment, and dimensions of work alienation would serve asmediators in this relationship. These relationships were tested in a sample of 383 healthcare professionals (nursesand physicians) from public and private hospitals in Istanbul. The results revealed that both distributive injusticeand procedural injustice were associated with organizational commitment, and each of the work alienationdimensions partially mediated this relationship. The theoretical and practical implications of this results werediscussed below.