Organizational Justice and Cognitive Failures in Japanese Employees

Abstract

Objective:We examined the association of organizational justice (ie, procedural justice and interactional justice) with cognitive failures, and the mediation effect of psychological distress on this association in Japanese employees.Methods:A total of 189 men and 35 women from two sites of a manufacturing company in Japan were surveyed using a self-administered web-based questionnaire. A multiple mediation analysis was conducted.Results:A significant negative total effect of procedural justice on cognitive failures was observed (c = −0.180 [95% confidence interval: −0.315 to −0.044]). Furthermore, the mediation effect of psychological distress was significant (c–c′ = −0.213 [95% confidence interval: −0.323 to −0.115]). Similar patterns were observed for interactional justice.Conclusions:Employees may be more likely to experience cognitive failures in daily activities in work settings where organizational justice is lower, which seems to be explained by psychological distress.

Association between organizational justice and serious psychological distress among hospital nursing staff during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

“…Prior research suggests that promoting procedural justice in hospital organizations is an important factor in interventions to reduce psychological distress (Magnavita et al, 2022). Many studies that have found that higher procedural justice is associated with positive mental health outcomes (Inoue et al, 2021; Persson et al, 2020; Zhou et al, 2020). However, our results suggest that only a moderate level of procedural justice is detrimental to psychological distress.…”