A study of the effect of organizational justice and task visibility on teachers’ perception of colleagues’ social loafing

Today, many organizations are facing the phenomenon of social loafing and it can be said that social loafing has become a powerful deterrent and a hidden dangerous factor in organizations. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the impact of organizational justice and task visibility on teachers' percetion of their colleagues' social loafing

This study is applied in nature, serving a specific purpose, and employs a correlational research approach. The statistical population of this study included all primary school teachers in Falavarjan County during the academic year of 1401-1402, estimated to be 416 individuals. Utilizing the Krejci and Morgan table, a sample of 200 participants was selected through a simple random sampling technique. The data collection instruments employed in this research comprised questionnaires on coworkers’ social loafing perception, task visibility, and organizational justice. The collected data was analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient test and regression analysis through SPSS-26 software.

The findings indicated a significant inverse relationship between organizational justice and task visibility with the perception of collegues’ social loafing. Moreover, distributive justice was found to predict approximately 16% of the perception of coworkers’ social loafing. Additionally, both distributive justice and task visibility together accounted for 21% of the perception of colleagues’ social loafing.

when primary school teachers perceive fair treatment and acknowledge the full recognition of their individual contributions by their superiors within a team setting, their perception of colleagues’ social loafing diminishes.