Exploratory Factor Analysis of Technological Justice: An Evidence From the Higher Education Sector in Oman

Abstract

This study proposes a technological dimension of organizational justice and empirically investigates how this dimension takes form in a measure of justice. The study conducted the work within the higher education sector in Oman and collected the data from nine universities and higher institutes of learning. Participants represent a range of academic ranks (including lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors), and they have different teaching experiences; they come from a wide range of cultures; and their ages widely differ. The study used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of data from 416 survey respondents to test the dimensionality of organizational justice. It also used Cronbach’s alpha to check the reliability of the intended measure. The findings show an interpretable and distinct factor of what one might call “technological justice.” The study outcomes provide a better understanding of how employees perceive the fairness of using technological tools and its sustainability. This study can help organizations investigate the extent to which employees perceive their workplace to be technologically just. It can also help organizations reconsider their procedures and policies securing better justice in this domain. The current scholastic endeavor focuses on an area of research which has not received much attention when compared with that of research on other dimensions of organizational justice. This new domain would add some insights into the literature of organizational justice and enhance the knowledge of the dimensionality of justice.

Technological Justice and Job Satisfaction: Structural Equation Modeling

“…The data also fulfill the construct validity. Factor loadings ( 0.5) and reliability ( 0.7) are a good rule of thumb and reliability, which indicate the convergent validity (Hair et al 2014). Figure 1 shows that the intended hypothesis is supported and that TechJ significantly influences JS (standardized Β ¼ 0.77 with an observed p-value <0.001 estimated); however, the entry had to delete the items with factor loadings <0.5, and this included items 1 and 5 from TechJ and 2, 6, and 8 from JS (Appendixes : Tables 4 and 5).…”

Practice-Based Views on Key Success Elements in University-Industry Collaborative Activities

“…Alternatively, the company might have stumbled upon the research, development, and innovation (RDI) opportunity but needs more information. In short, these are beneficial ways for university contacts to help a company progress toward its information-or technology-related goals and needs (Hammami et al, 2015;Hazzi & Hammami, 2019).…”

The Impact of Entrepreneurial Optimism and Labor Law on Business Performance of New Ventures

“…establishing cooperative labor relations is that employees, trade union organizations representing employees, employers, and their organizations can negotiate on an equal basis, conduct collective bargaining, and trust and respect each other. Also, enterprises provide employees with good employment security and working conditions, participation in management systems and measures, and smooth channels for employees to speak and appeal, and long-term interests, which is conducive to the formation of cooperative labor relations and has a positive impact on the performance of new ventures (Hazzi and Hammami, 2019;Chen et al, 2020). Based on the above theoretical analysis, the following hypotheses are put forward: Hypothesis H4: entrepreneurial optimism has a positive impact on the performance of new ventures through the mediating role of labor law.…”