Title: MEDIATING EFFECT OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM AND JOB SATISFACTION IN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA (NOUN)
Authors:
Dr. Ahmad A. Maiyaki, Dr. Muhammedbaffa Sani And Mrs Lami Musa Yaro
Abstract:
Lecturers of universities are among the most important set of employees anywhere because of the role they played for the training of critical manpower who handle every sector that is important in any country. Therefore, ensuring the job satisfaction of lecturers is important to effectively perform this crucial role. The objective of this study is to investigate the mediating effect of organizational justice on the relationship between performance appraisal system which has four dimensions (perceived information system, participation in decision, feedback) and lecturers` job satisfaction in NOUN. Based on theoretical consideration, a model was proposed to test this relationship. In this study, survey research design was used to distribute a total of 682 copies questionnaire to lecturers of NOUN, 357 were retrieved and used for analysis. Partial Least Squares Method (PLS) algorithm and bootstrap technique were used to test the hypothesis of the study. The study found support for some of the hypothesized relationships in the study. The mediating results show organizational justice having mediating effect on the relationship between feedback and job satisfaction while perceived information system, participation in decision and justice in appraisal were not having significant mediating effect on the relationship between the variables under study. It was recommended that NOUN should make sure that justice is embedded in the system of appraisal exercise as well as sharing any opportunity for appointment, promotion, commendation and training opportunity.
Keywords: Performance Appraisal, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Justice, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
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