AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON SAFETY CLIMATE

This study investigates the impact of organizational justice on safety climate from the perspective of the manufacturing organization. A total of 120 employees were asked to complete survey questionnaires. Self administered questionnaires were distributed to the full-time employees who are currently working in manufacturing organizations. Findings of the study suggest that procedural justice, distributive justice and interpersonal justice have positive relationship with safety climate. Theoretically, this study was intended to contribute further to the field of research on employees’ safety practices generally towards their leaders managing approaches specifically. Practically, it has been revealed that many studies have indicated support for the studies of safety climate in various sectors and various angles but the researcher found only a few empirical studies in this industry directly related to the organizational justice towards the safety climate. Thus, this research had contributed to the field of management research.