Procedural Justice and Leadership Styles as Predictors of Organizational Commitment Among Non-Academic Staff of Benue State University Makurdi, Chinelo Helen OGWUCHE, Reuben Omada NGBEDE, Caleb ONAH

Abstract

This study investigated procedural justice and leadership styles as predictors of organizational commitment among non-academic staff of Benue State University Makurdi. The cross-sectional survey design to investigate the influence of perceived procedural justice on organisational commitment among non-academic staff of Benue State University Makurdi among 215 staff using the purposive sampling technique; Three hypotheses were tested and data analysed using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Hypothesis one showed that, (f (1, 215) = 7.542; p <.05, R = .134 and R2=.043). Hypothesis two predicted (f (1, 214) = 3.241; p <.05, R =.321 and R2=.090). Further, procedural justice and leadership styles jointly predicted organizational commitment (f (2, 213) = 4.612; p <.05, R = .080 and R2=.016). It is recommended that, there is need for management to promote conducive work environment for their employees so as to enhance work place productivity. Also, management should establish effective communication channel between herself and the staff to open them up to awareness of the company goals and to enable them have a clear picture in their mind on how they can contribute to the development of the organization.

Key words: Leadership Styles; management; organizational commitment; procedural justice; staff