Organizational Justice as a Predictor of Job Satisfaction: An Examination of Head Basketball Coaches

Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction in Coaching

“…Those perceptions of fairness held by organizational members towards those three dimensions and the integration of the dimensions formed the foundation for the organizational justice construct (Greenberg 1987(Greenberg , 1990Greenberg and Cropanzano 2001;Greenberg et al 1985). Since organizational justice and its dimensions have repeatedly been directly linked to performance, commitment, citizenship behavior, and job satisfaction (Begley et al 2006;Cohen-Charash and Spector 2001;Colquitt et al 2001;Colquitt et al 2002;Diekmann et al 2007;Fields et al 2000;Folger and Konovsky 1989;Jordan et al 2007a;Lam et al 2002;Sweeney and McFarlin 1997) further study within high school athletic departments was warranted.…”

Organizational justice and conflict: Do perceptions of fairness influence disagreement?

“…The majority of this work has occurred in athletic settings, including interscholastic sport (Jordan, Gillentine, & Hunt, 2004;Whisenant, 2005;Whisenant & Jordan, 2006Whisenant & Smucker, 2006, intercollegiate sport (Jordan, Turner, Fink, & Pastore, 2007;Kim & Andrew, 2013), Olympic sport (Dittmore, Mahony, Andrew, & Hums, 2009), and are focused on the perceptions of sport participants and/or coaches. In terms of outcomes, this work has focused on satisfaction with participation (athletes) or work (coaches) experiences and intent to continue sport involvement.…”

“…A limited number of studies in sport management have tested the dimensionality of organizational justice in a more traditional work setting (i.e., non coach or athlete sample). Jordan, Turner, and DuBord (2007) investigated whether multiple dimensions of organizational justice could serve as a predictor of job satisfaction with a sample of student employees working in a university recreational sports setting. In a similar manner, Jordan, Turner, and Pack (2009) explored the relationship between organizational justice and perceived organizational support with a sample of student employees in a university recreational sports setting.…”

Examining fairness perceptions of financial resource allocations in United States Olympic sport.

“…The majority of the literature on organizational justice in athletics focuses on distributive justice, but research on procedural justice and interactional justice is also needed. Jordan, Turner, and DuBord (2007) found all three forms of organizational justice had a significant impact on job satisfaction.…”