Distributive Justice and Employees’ Work Outcomes in Federal Inland Revenue Service Lagos State

Mobolade Gideon Olakunle PhD.; Obiekwe; Onyebuchi PhD.

doi:10.56201/ijebm.vol.12.no3.2026.pg142.151

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Distributive Justice and Employees’ Work Outcomes in Federal Inland Revenue Service Lagos State

Mobolade Gideon Olakunle PhD., Obiekwe, Onyebuchi PhD.

Abstract

Employees view of justice in their workplaces account in no small measure on the commitment, loyalty, and productivity. Distributive justice reflects employees’ views on the fairness of administration and distributions of organizations rewards and other positive bounties, including salaries, promotions and recognition. This study examines the relationship between distributive justice and employees’ work outcomes in the Federal Inland Revenue Service Lagos State. The survey research design was utilised is the for the study. The population of the study consists of employees of the Federal Inland Revenue Service Lagos State. The proportionate stratified sampling technique was adopted for the study. Reliability result showed Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.72 for distributive justice and 0.703 for work outcome, indicating high internal consistency. The Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient analysis revealed a moderate positive and significant relationship between distributive justice and employee work outcome (R= 0.572; p = 0.035) leading to the rejection of the null hypothesis. The findings suggest that employees who perceive fairness in how organizational rewards are distributed are more likely to show favourable work attitudes and behaviours. The study concludes that fairness in reward allocation is vital for improving employee morale and productivity. Additionally, employee’s perception of how well they are treated by their organizations reflect to a large extent, the level of their commitment, and effort they assert toward their works, which reflects on the effectiveness and productivity in their workplaces. It is recommended that organizations should adopt clear, consistent, and transparent distribution policies to foster a fairer and more engaged workforce which bring about various organizational positive outcomes.

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Distributive justiceemployee work outcomesorganizational fairnessreward allocationemployee perception.

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Distributive Justice and Employees’ Work Outcomes in Federal Inland Revenue Service Lagos State

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