THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND JOB STRESS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT

Abstract

Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are two important concepts for businesses and there is a close relationship between these two concepts. The purpose of this study is to search the influence of two variables (work stress and organizational justice) which are thought to affect this relationship. The data of the study were collected using online survey method and were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results of the analyses confirm that job satisfaction strongly affects organizational commitment. While job stress has a moderating effect on the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment, perceived organizational justice doesn’t affect this relationship significantly. The results show that stress has a significant effect on the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Managers who try to increase the organizational commitment of their employees should firstly increase the job satisfaction of their employees, but in doing so, they should keep the stress that may arise in the work environment to a minimum.