Tetrad Effect of Perceived Justice Dimension on Normative Commitment, Psychological Ownership and Organizational Deviant Behaviour: A Conceptual Framework

Documented evidences reveal that workplace deviance is on the rise, hence this paper finds it compelling to conceptualize a framework that could be useful in reducing deviant tendency in an organization. We hence argued that perception of justice (distributive, procedural, interpersonal and informational) relate directly with organizational deviance and indirectly through normative commitment and psychological ownership. Consistent with empirical evidences and theoretical support of Equity Theory and Social Exchange Theory, nine propositions emanated as thus; perceived justice (such as distributive, procedural, interpersonal and informational) influence employee deviant behaviour. Normative commitment mediates the relationship between perceived distributive, procedural, interpersonal, informational justice and organizational deviance. Psychological ownership mediates the relationship between perceived, distributive, procedural, interpersonal, informational justice and organizational deviance. We recommended that future researchers should adopt and subject this conceptual framework to empirical scrutiny. Others could examine the influence of employee locus of control and spirituality either separately or concurrently.