title: Organizational justice, willingness to work, and psychological distress: results from a private Japanese company.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed the risk of low organizational justice (OJ) on psychological distress as well as on low willingness to work, and also investigated the underlying factors between OJ and these outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional questionnaire data of 1804 employees (93.6% of subjects) of a Japanese company were collected. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to explore the objectives.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects with low overall OJ had a higher risk of psychological distress compared with their counterparts (odds ratio: 4.93; 95% confidence interval: 3.17 to 7.68). The corresponding odds ratio for low willingness to work was 2.87 (95% confidence interval: 2.06 to 4.00). Job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior play a role of mediation between OJ and these outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Low OJ was a notable risk factor for psychological distress as well as for low willingness to work. High OJ might prevent psychological distress and promote willingness to work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjukuku, Tokyo 1608402, Japan. toshio7.hayashi@toshiba.co.jp
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Odagiri
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Teruichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimomitsu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012935:Social Justice / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires