PERCEIVED SCALE OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND TRUST AMONG EMPLOYEES IN THE ELECTRONICS FACTORIES IN PATHUM THANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of thisstudy were to 1) investigate perceived organizational justice and trust among employees in the electronics industry in Pathum Thani Province and 2) confirm the constructs of perceived organizational justice and trust among the employees in the electronics industry in Pathum Thani Province. The sample in this study included the employees in the electronics factories in Pathum Thani Province.The qualitative research was carried out using in-depth interviews with eight employees. Also, the quantitative research was conducted with 325 employees selected by simple random sampling. The research instruments in this study were 1) in-depth interviews in which the data from the interviews were concluded and synthesized with theories in order to formulate the question items, and2) rating scale questionnaires with the reliability level of 0.96. The statistics used for data analysis included percentage, mean, standard deviation and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

The results showed that the perceived organizational justice consisted of three elements while the trust was comprised of two elements. The structural equation of the perceived organizational justice was in accordance with the empirical data. Chi-square () was 88.81 with 69 degrees of freedom (df), p-value
= 0.05, GFI = 0.96. The structure of trust was in accordance with the empirical data. Chi-square () was 25.89 with 18 degrees of freedom (df), p-value = 0.10,GFI = 0.95.