Role of organizational justice in determining work outcomes of national and expatriate academic staff in Malaysia

摘要

Purpose - The study aims to analyze the differences between national and expatriate academic staff perception of organizational justice in Malaysian institutions of higher learning. It also explores the role of organizational justice in shaping teaching faculties' attitude (job satisfaction and commitment) and behavioral intention (turnover intention). Design/methodology/approach - The sample consisted of teaching staff belonging to several faculties drawn from four public universities in Malaysia. Sample was divided into two groups -Malaysian nationals with tenure appointments and expatriates with contractual appointments. Data were collected using standardized tools to measure the study variables. Findings - Except for job satisfaction, where Malaysians recorded significantly higher endorsement compared to expatriates, no significant difference was found between the two groups on perception of Estributive, procedural, and interactional aspects of organizational justice, as well as organizational mitment and turnover intention. However, Malaysians demonstrated significantly higher level of isfaction compared to expatriates. Different facets of organizational justice predicted work in the two groups. Whereas interactional and distributive justice promoted expatriates' nal commitment and/or intention to stay with the organization, it was mainly procedural contributed to local employees' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover tributive justice also predicted turnover intentions of locals. The study should add to the literature on international human resource ations that employ expatriates and knowledge workers should benefit from the finding . Original many empirical studies have been conducted on university academic staffs' justice in an Asian context, as well as how employment practices might influence justice perception and resultant work outcomes of national citizens vs expatriates. This study attempts to fulfill the gap.