American International Journal of Social Science

Organizational Justice and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Mediating Role of Psychological Capital
Dr. Tamizarasu Nandan, Dr. Abdul Mutalib Mohamed Azim

Abstract
The present study is aimed to examine the mediating effect of psychological capital in the relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior. Data has been collected from a sample of 350 employees from multimedia organizations operating in Malaysia through personally administered questionnaires. The mediation effect has been tested using structural equation modelling. Results show a positive relationship between three dimensions of organizational justice, namely distributive justice, procedural justice and interactional justice towards organizational citizenship behavior, a positive relationship between all this three dimension of organizational justice and psychological capital, and psychological capital towards organizational citizenship behavior. Finally, psychological capital partially mediated the relationship between distributive justice, procedural justice, interactional justice and organizational citizenship behavior. The study makes a significant and unique contribution to literature by showing the mediation effect of psychological capital in the relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior.

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