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Does Organizational Justice Influence Employee Innovative Behavior in an Arabic Context? Evidence From the Libyan Oil Industry

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Innovative employees are the main source of an organization’s survival in a dynamic environment. Therefore, understanding how to stimulate and sustain employee innovative behaviors is of great importance for organizations. From this perspective, based on the social exchange theory, the current study seeks to investigate the influence of organizational justice on employee innovative behavior within the Libyan context. Through a pre-designed questionnaire, data were gathered from 295 employees working for 5 Libyan national oil companies and analyzed using partial least squares—structural equation modeling [PLS]. The results indicated that procedural justice is positively related to employee innovative behavior, whereas distributive justice and interactional justice are not. The findings foster the assumption that organizational justice perceptions and responses differ across cultures based on national values. The results and implications are discussed in light of the literature and the Libyan work environment and culture.

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  • Ali Fadul, 2021. "Does Organizational Justice Influence Employee Innovative Behavior in an Arabic Context? Evidence From the Libyan Oil Industry," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:11:y:2021:i:3:p:21582440211043931
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440211043931
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