Organizational Justice and Psychological Wellbeing of Police Employees: A Relationship Study

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to identify the effect of perceived organizational justice on psychological wellbeing (life satisfaction) of police employees. The sample comprised of 200 police employees including constables, sub-inspectors and circle officers. The participants were chosen as purposive convenient sampling. The results obtained from Pearson r and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analyses suggest that perceived organizational justice has positive relationship with psychological wellbeing, leading to life satisfaction. Additionally, stepwise regression analysis indicates that the components of organizational justice (distributive Justice, procedural Justice and interactional Justice) are the strong predictors of the components of psychological wellbeing (autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relationships with others, purpose in life and self-accepted).The findings support the nascent view that work is central to an individual’s life and perceived fairness in terms of distribution, procedure and interaction dramatically lead to employees’ psychological wellbeing (life satisfaction) which elicits contentment, fulfilment and to make an employee more competent to face the existential challenges of life. The study provides valuable implications for the police practioners, researchers and management body to better understand the psychological needs of police employees where they can experience themselves to be fulfilling and develop as global citizens with true human potentials at work and non-work domains of life.
Keywords: Life Satisfaction, Organizational Justice, Police Employees, Psychological Wellbeing.