title: The correlation between organizational justice and trust among employees of rehabilitation clinics in hospitals of Ahvaz, Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Organizational justice is an intricate concept that refers to fair and ethical conduct of individuals within organizations. No research has been conducted on the variables associated with organizational justice in rehabilitation clinics. Thus, the aim of this research was to determine the correlation between organizational justice and organizational trust among the employees of rehabilitation clinics in hospitals of Ahvaz, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional research, and it was conducted on 140 rehabilitation staff members of hospital clinics in Ahvaz. The data were gathered using organizational justice and trust questionnaires. The data were analyzed using the independent-samples t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's product-moment correlation SPSS software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant correlations between procedure and interaction justice and organizational trust were identified (p < 0.001). Distributive justice showed small correlation with trust (r = 0.25, p < 0.021). Organizational justice was significantly associated with organizational trust (r = 0.42, p < 0.001). Organizational justice was not significantly related to any demographic variable (p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a positive, medium, and significant correlation between organizational justice and trust. It is suggested that rehabilitation clinics' managers develop plans to increase their organizational justice subscales in order to develop organizational trust among their employees.
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. of Health Services Administration, Assistant Professor, Social Determents of Health Research Center, Department of Health Services Management, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzad Faraji
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Khiavi
authors.affiliation: M.Sc. in Rehabilitation Administration, Social Determents of Health Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shakhi
authors.affiliation: M.Sc. in Business Administration, Social Determents of Health Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Roohallah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. of Health Services Administration, Assistant Professor, Social Determents of Health Research Center, Department of Health Services Management, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zahiri
keywords: hospital; organizational justice; organizational trust; rehabilitation clinics