Association of Managers’ Political Interests towards Employees’ Feelings of Distributive Justice and Job Satisfaction in Performance Appraisal System

This research investigates the association between managers’ political interests in performance appraisal system toward employees’ feelings of distributive justice and job satisfaction using self-report questionnaires gathered from employees at a defence oriented higher institution in Malaysia. The outcome of SmartPLS path analysis model shows four important findings: first, motivational motive significantly correlates with feelings of distributive justice. Second, punishment motive significantly correlates with feelings of distributive justice. Third, motivational motive significantly correlates with job satisfaction. Fourth, punishment motive insignificantly correlates with job satisfaction. The result confirms that managers’ political interests act as important determinants of employees’ feelings of distributive justice and motivational motive does act as important determinants of employees’ job satisfaction in the studied organization. Additionally, this research offers discussion, implications and conclusion.