INTERPERSONAL JUSTICE AND EMPLOYEE INCIVILITY BEHAVIOR IN FAST FOOD COMPANIES IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between interpersonal justice and employee incivility behavior in fast food companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The study adopted the survey/cross sectional co relational design. The major research instrument was the questionnaire. The population of this study was made up of 987 staff of 47 Fast Food Companies that are registered with the Rivers State ministry of commerce. The study sample size is simply made up of 285 staff of the fast food companies in port Harcourt, determined through the Taro Yamane Formula.  four hypothesis was developed and tested  using the Pearson product moment correlation with the aid of statistical package for social sciences. The result of the tested hypothesis indicated a very strong positive relationship between the variables of study. Deriving from the findings, the researcher concludes that there is a strong positive correlation between perceived justice in the organization and employees incivility behavior in the fast food companies in port Harcourt. Consequently, the researcher recommends That the managers of the fast food companies should observe with keen interest the   rate of absenteeism or truancy of its workers and try to minimize its effect by looking into the various reasons behind such actions and make a remedial effort.