Belief in a just world and organisational loyalty: Trust as an underlying mechanism |
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| Authors: | Yuan Cheng Gabriel Nudelman Jianhong Ma Kathleen Otto |
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| Institution: | 1. Business School, NingboTech University, Ningbo, China;2. School of Behavioral Sciences, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel;3. Department of Psychology and Behavior Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;4. Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | This research examined whether employees' personal belief in a just world (BJW) is associated with their organisational loyalty and whether this relationship is statistically mediated by organisational trust. To test these hypotheses, we conducted two studies with employees from China (study 1, N = 314) and Germany (study 2, N = 189). The results from both studies supported the proposed model. In addition, study 2 revealed that the relationship between BJW and organisational loyalty persisted when controlling for global personality traits. These suggest that managers and organisations may increase employees' loyalty by providing an environment that fosters their sense of justice and trust. |
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| Keywords: | Belief in a just world Organisational loyalty Organisational trust Cross-cultural research Big five personality model |
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