INFLUENCE OF PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON UNIVERSITY WORK CULTURE

Abstract

The current study used Structural Equation modeling to investigate the relationship between participative management with work culture through the mediator variable of perceived organizational justice. The statistical population included all employees (190 academic staff) at universities of Rafsanjan (Iran) in 2014-2015. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan Tables, 126 subjects were selected as the sample through random class method. In order to collect data, we employed three sets of questionnaires (perceived organizational justice, participative management and work culture) that have a proper validity and reliability. Partial Least Squares method was used to analyze data. Structural Equations Method is adopted in order to test the research hypotheses. The results of research show that perceived organizational justice can mediate the relationship between participative management and work culture in universities.