The Effect of Organizational Justice and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors among Private Universities in Enugu State, Nigeria
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Orajaka Ugochukwu, Economics Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Anambra State University, Igbariam Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria.
The research work focused on the observation of the organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior among academic and non-academic staff of private universities in Enugu state, Nigeria. The results show that there is a significance relationship between the impact of the organizational justice and the organizational citizen behavior. The reliability of the results shows that the responses of the data were at average of 91 to 98 percent reliable. The results will help the country to achieve their economic goals and objectives in terms of economic development and also assist in solving the problem of unemployment in Nigeria. The researcher however, recommends possible ways to remedy the situation.
Organizational Justice, Organizational Citizen Behavior (OCB), Pearson Correlation, Private University, Reliability Test and Probability Values
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