Impact of facets of organizational justice on extension workers job satisfaction and organizational commitment in zone c of Niger State ADP

Abstract

The study on the impact of facets of organizational justice on Village Extension Workers (VEWs) job satisfaction and organizational commitment was  carried out in Zone C of Niger State Agricultural Development Project (NSADP). Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 100  VEWs from the zone. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data obtained. The reliability coefficients of the study variables  ranged between 0.73 - 0.91. Findings from the study revealed that majority of the sampled VEWs were male, married and with a mean age of  28.5years. The highest educational level attained by them was Higher National Diploma (HND) and served the organization for 11-20 years ( x̄ =  3.76). The Sampled VEWs expressed moderate job satisfaction, organizational commitment, interactional justice and distributive justice but with low  perception on procedural justice. Correlation analysis results reveal a positive relationship between the VEWs perceived procedural justice,  interactional justice and distributive justice with their job satisfaction (r = 0.000; r = 0.710; r = 0.414) and organizational commitment (r = 0.000; r =  0.000; r = 0.169). Regression analysis result indicated a significant relationship between the VEWs perceived procedural, interactional and  distributive justice and organizational commitment (β = 0.549; 0.178 and 0.023, respectively), but only perceived interactional justice was positively  related to job satisfaction (β= 0.190). NSADP followed due process in executing its policies and resources were provided to the VEWs based on their  efforts toward achieving the organization goals. The VEWs need to be provided with more incentives that will make them happy and highly  committed to the organization.