An Investigation of Relationship between Organizational Inequity Perception and Work Ethic

This research has investigated the relationship between organizational inequity perception and work ethic among employees of Islamic Azad University as the largest private organization in Iran. The research method is cross-sectional survey and the population includes all of the personnel of Islamic Azad Universities in Fars, Boushehr and Kohgiloye-Boyer Ahmad provinces. A sample of 481 respondents was drawn using simple random sampling method. The measurement tool was a questionnaire, including two scales. Construct-related validity was established through factor analysis and reliability was measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Descriptive research findings show that the personnel have a moderate work ethic, and that the perception of organizational inequity is high among the employees. The inferential findings show that there is a significant negative relationship between organizational inequity perception and work ethic. In other words, with an increase in organizational inequity perception there is a decrease in work ethic. The inferential findings also show that from among demographic variables, only age and job history have a significant relationship with work ethic. The prediction of the work ethic, based on the sum of independent variables, using multivariate regression analysis shows that only organizational inequity perception is the predictor of the work ethic, which can explain 0.089 of the variance of the work ethic.