LMX as mediator of organizational justice and employee work engagement relationship: evidence from the Middle East

• Main Authors: Hassan, Arif, Al Jubari, Ibrahim Hizam Ali
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: HF5001 Business. Business Administration
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/25138/1/Arif_Hassan_IACCP_Paper.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/25138/4/LMX_as_mediator_of_organizational_justice_and_employee_work_engagement_relationship-_evidence_from_the_Middle_East.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/25138/; http://www.psychology.org.au/ext/iaccp2010/Thursday-8-July/10/1330/Hassan,%20A..pdf

The paper examines the role that organizational justice plays in determining employees’ work engagement and the way quality of leader-subordinate relationship (LMX) mediates this association. Data was obtained from an airline company from the middle-east. Sample consisted of 218 employees from several job levels who responded to a questionnaire measuring the study variables. Results indicated that distributive and procedural justice perception promoted quality relationship between leader and subordinate and higher quality of leader-subordinate relationship contributed to employees’ work engagement. Among the three organizational justice factors, only interactional justice was related to employee work engagement. The study found a full mediation effect of LMX on interactional justice and employee work engagement relationship.