Investigating the mediating effect of organizational commitment between organizational justice and turnover intention of academic staff of ethiopian public universities

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the mediating effect of organizational commitment between organizational justice and turnover Intention of academic staff of Ethiopian public universities. Data were collected through organizational commitment questionnaire, organizational justice questionnaire and turnover Intention questionnaire from 368 academic staff. Results showed that organizational justice had a significant positive relationship with organizational commitment and negative relationship with turnover Intention. It was also found that organizational commitment had a significant negative relationship with turnover Intention. Confirmatory factor analysis explored that the measurement model of organizational justice, organizational commitment and turnover Intention fit the sample data very well. The direct standardized regression coefficient between organizational justice and Turnover Intention was not statistically significant, but the indirect standardized regression coefficient between organizational justice and turnover Intention when mediated by organizational commitment was significant. Hence, the relationship between organizational justice and Turnover was fully mediated by organization Commitment.