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Organizational Justice and Job Outcomes: Moderating Role of Islamic Work Ethic

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Using a time-lagged design, we tested the main effects of Islamic Work Ethic (IWE) and perceived organizational justice on turnover intentions, job satisfaction, and job involvement. We also investigated the moderating influence of IWE in justice–outcomes relationship. Analyses using data collected from 182 employees revealed that IWE was positively related to satisfaction and involvement and negatively related to turnover intentions. Distributive fairness was negatively related to turnover intentions, whereas procedural justice was positively related to satisfaction. In addition, procedural justice was positively related to involvement and satisfaction for individuals high on IWE however it was negatively related to both outcomes for individuals low on IWE. For low IWE, procedural justice was positively related to turnover intentions, however it was negatively related to turnover intentions for high IWE. In contrast, distributive justice was negatively related to turnover intentions for low IWE and it was positively related to turnover intentions for high IWE.

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  1. S.A.W.W. is an abbreviation for an Arabic phrase that means “Peace Be upon Him and His Family,” an honorific formula that Muslims use when the name of Prophet Muhammad is mentioned. This abbreviation will be used in the rest of this article.

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    Khurram Khan

  2. Faculty of Management Sciences, Riphah International University, I-14, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Abbas & Asma Gul

  3. Faculty of Business, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave, St Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada

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Khan, K., Abbas, M., Gul, A. et al. Organizational Justice and Job Outcomes: Moderating Role of Islamic Work Ethic. J Bus Ethics 126, 235–246 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1937-2

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