Investigation of the relationship between the Organizational Justice and the Organizational Performance and productivity in the Health Center of Kermanshah Province

​Background and Aims: One of the major challenges facing managers of competitive organizations is the improvement of the performance and productivity of the organization and the understanding factors affecting them. The promotion of the organizational performance requires managers focusing on the organizational justice and employees’ motivation at work. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between organizational justice and organizational performance in the Health Center of Kermanshah Province. Methods: The present work was a descriptive-analytic and correlation study. This study was performed on 166 employees of the Health Center of Kermanshah, selected by random sampling. Data were collected using two standard questionnaires: the organizational justice of Nihoff and Morman (1993), and the organizational performance of Hershey and Goldsmith (1980). Reliability of the questionnaires was assessed by the pilot study and Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 16 software. Results: The results showed that the average scores of the organizational justice of investigated people and the organizational performance are 54.84 ± 16.92 and 140.54 ± 18.66, respectively. According to the results of Pearson correlation coefficient, there is significant relationship between the organizational justice and its dimensions with organizational performance (P <0.001).  However, the procedural justice has the more potential to predict the organizational performance. Conclusion: The organizational justice is an important variable, strongly affects the organizational performance. Therefore, managers need to pay particular attention to the justice as an important motivating factor for employees in order to improve the organizational performance and productivity.