title: Effect of management training in organizational justice: a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: Organizational justice (OJ) influences the well-being of employees of organizations. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to examine whether or not brief management training increases OJ for subordinates. Study participants were managers and subordinates working in the private manufacturing sector. Randomization at the departmental level generated an intervention group of 23 departments (93 managers and 248 subordinates) and a control group of 23 departments (91 managers and 314 subordinates). Managers in the intervention group received a 90-min training session to investigate the attitudes and behavior of managers and help increase OJ. Subordinates completed self-administered OJ questionnaire surveys on procedural, interpersonal, and informational justice before and 3 months after intervention. For all subordinates, the interaction between group and time in OJ scores obtained before and 3 months after intervention were not significant. However, in subgroup analyses of the lowest tertile group in relation to the baseline of each of the three OJ subscales and total scores, the lowest tertile group of the interpersonal justice subscale showed significant improvement. The results of this study suggest that brief management training in OJ for managers significantly improves a low rating from subordinates in interpersonal justice. Further studies are required to develop a specific intervention method to increase OJ.
authors: Department of Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan.
authors: Saki
authors: S
authors: Nakamura
authors: Hironori
authors: H
authors: Somemura
authors: Norio
authors: N
authors: Sasaki
authors: Megumi
authors: M
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Mika
authors: M
authors: Tanaka
authors: Katsutoshi
authors: K
authors: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education*; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012935:Social Justice; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires