The Relation between Organizational Justice and Workplace Deviance as Perceived by Nurses

Background: Organizational justice and workplace deviance behavior are the most important factors affecting the employees in each organization. When there was lack of fairness and support in the organization, staff tended to perform behaviors that damaging the organization. Purpose: Identify the relation between organizational justice and workplace deviance behavior among staff nurses. Study design: A correlational design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Menoufia University hospital. Sample: A simple random sample technique of 240 staff nurses were included in this study. Instruments: Data was collected by using organizational justice questionnaire and Egyptian questionnaire of nursing workplace deviance. Results: More than-half (55%) of the studied nurses had a high level of organizational justice, followed by about one-quarter (24.2%) of them had a moderate level. While, the minority (20.8%) of them had a low level. Majority (95.8%) of the studied nurses did not have a workplace deviance, while the minority (4.2%) of them had a workplace deviance. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant negative correlation between organizational justice and workplace deviance behaviors. Recommendations: Managers have to ensure fairness in rewards distribution, making policies with equal benefits to all stakeholders. Organizations have to implement strategies to handle with workplace deviance