Designing and Explaining the Organizational Justice Model with the Islamic Values Approach in Iranian Education Organization

One of the most important, valuable and emphasized issues in education system is the discussion of organizational justice, the observance of which is important and necessary in the ‘education organization’, which is an educational organization wherein the future infrastructure of human resources of the society is formed. For this reason, the purpose of this study is to design and explain the model of organizational justice with the approach of Islamic values.

The research method is qualitative in terms of data nature, and applied in terms of purpose. The participants in the research are 27 professors, specialists and experts of Education Organization in Ardabil Province, who were selected by purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews and data analysis using content analysis technique and MAXQDA software. The data triangulation method was used to evaluate the validity of the research and the Holsti’s method was used to evaluate the reliability.

The results indicate the identification of three main themes for organizational justice with the approach of Islamic values, including distributive justice (non-discrimination in law enforcement, appointment and employment according to Islamic standards, trusteeship, equitable distribution of facilities, etc.), procedural justice (adherence to the Qur'an, possessing piety, observing what is lawful and unlawful, institutionalizing enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, forgiving while observing mistakes, having strong spiritual and religious support, etc.) and communicational justice (feeling of religious brotherhood, sincerity in work, preserving human dignity, having good relationships with each other, suppressing anger, humbleness towards employees, etc.). Also, the necessary grounds and contexts for the implementation of organizational justice and its consequences were identified.