The Role of Organizational Justice in Job Satisfaction with Nursing Burnout Mediation

Abstract

Background & aim: Managers are seeking job satisfaction in their organization since it providesa background of efficiency enhancement. Thus, the goal of the present research was to determine the role of organizational justice in job satisfaction mediating burnout among nurses. Methods: A descriptive correlationalinvestigation was conducted on nurses of Vali-asr hospital of Birjand (165 persons) who were employed in 2016. The samples were chosen by randomized sampling. Minnesota job satisfaction questionnaire (1992), Niehoff and Mormon organizational justice questionnaire (1993), and Maslach and Jackson job burnout questionnaire (1993) were used formeasuring studying variables. Data were analyzed by using the SPSS software and multiple regression coefficients and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: Results showed that job burnout (2.34±0.41), organizational justice (2.14±0.79), and job satisfaction (2.73±0.53) of nurses were lower than average level. The organizational justice was responsible for 25% percent of job satisfaction and 32% of the of job burnout. Also, 27% of job satisfaction's nurses were related to their job burnout. Conclusion: Organizational justice causes job satisfaction improvement and job burnout reduction in nurses. So, improving the justice in therapeutic organizations can reduce job burnout and increase job efficiency in nurses.