The relationship between the perception of justice in the organization and the intention to leave the organization: Meta-analysis

Abstract

The aim of this meta-analysis is to examine the connection between distributive and procedural justice and the intention to leave the organization by quantitative synthesis of available empirical papers that meet the defined criteria. 126 papers have been found through the search of the literature, out of which 58 studies met all the defined criteria. After summing up all studies that had data on the correlation between distributive justice and the intention to leave the organization, the total sample size equals 20068, while the total sample size of studies that had data on the correlation between procedural justice and the intention to leave the organization equals 17901. The results show that distributive and procedural justice are significantly, negatively correlated to the intention to leave the organization and that this connection is of moderate intensity. Examination of the file-drawer effect has shown that there was no bias in the selection of studies which will be included in the process of meta-analysis. Since the results have shown that there is a very large heterogeneity between the studies that have entered the process of meta-analysis, the moderating effect of the category of the journal in which the studies have been published was examined as well. The results have shown that the weighted magnitudes of the effects do not differ with respect to the category of the journal in which the studies have been published.