INFLUENCE OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE ON JOB SATISFACTION: A FOCUS ON EMPLOYEES IN NIGERIA PORT AUTHORITY

Arising from the fact that it has become pertinent to establish a research agenda that can guide managerial efforts ethical conducts that will be perceived as workplace or organizational justice, especially with respect to distributive justice, hence, this research is focused on investigating the influence of distributive justice on employees' job satisfaction. The descriptive survey research design was used for this study. The sample size for this study included three hundred and twenty-five (325) staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority. Using the multiple regression analysis, the study revealed that that distributive justice has significant influence on employees' satisfaction. Consequently, the study suggested that deliberate effort should be made to install and run a system whereby distribution of outcomes, particularly financial rewards should be performance based and reviewed at regular intervals in light of prevailing socioeconomic circumstances.