The Relationship Between Organizational Justice and Social Loafing in Ho Chi Minh City-based Enterprises

Abstract

Social loafing is the phenomenon of a person exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone, and it is influenced by organizational justice. This study investigates the relationship between organizational justice and social loafing in Ho Chi Minh City - based enterprises through quantitative analysis. The result show that only distribution justice and procedural justice produce an opposite effect on employee’s social loafing.

Keywords

Organizational justice, social loafing, enterprise

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