Relation between Organizational Justice and Workplace Deviance Behavior among Staff 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. Aim: The study aimed at assessing the relation between organizational justice and workplace deviance behavior among staff nurses. Research design: A descriptive, correlational design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at Ain Shams University hospital. Subjects 173 staff nurses were included in the study. Tools of data collection: Data were collected by using organizational justice questionnaire and Egyptian questionnaire of nursing workplace deviance. Results: Slightly less than half (49.1%) of staff nurses had low perception level toward organizational justice, slightly more than two thirds (68.2%) of staff nurses had high workplace deviance behavior. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant negative relation between organizational justice and workplace deviance behavior. 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 behaviors.