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Justice and employee engagement: Examining the mediating role of trust in Indian B-schools

Manish Gupta (Department of management, IFHE University, Hyderabad, India)
Yln Kumar (HRM department, IFHE University, Hyderabad, India)

Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration

ISSN: 1757-4323

Article publication date: 7 April 2015

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of trust in the relationship of justice and employee engagement (EE) in Indian B-schools.

Design/methodology/approach

Multiple regression was carried out on the responses obtained from 320 academics working in different Indian B-schools.

Findings

The results showed that vertical trust (VT) partially mediates the procedural justice (PJ) and the EE relationship. Distributive justice, PJ, VT and EE were found to be significantly correlated with each other.

Research limitations/implications

A very important implication from the findings is that the research will help the Indian B-schools engage their employees in a better manner and face the challenging environment. Future research can be carried out on finding the mediating effects of leader member exchange on VT-EE relationships with other levels of higher education.

Originality/value

The current study empirically proved that a good level of PJ leads to a high level of VT and which ultimately results in engaged academics in Indian B-schools.

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Citation

Gupta, M. and Kumar, Y. (2015), "Justice and employee engagement: Examining the mediating role of trust in Indian B-schools", Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-04-2014-0048

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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