Abstract:

Temporal justice in an organization is the perception of employees about whether the time given to them to do their jobs is given fairly and equally. The fair and unequal distribution of time, which is a resource for organizations, may be perceived as a part or extension of justice/injustice, and this may affect employees' commitment to their organizations. Spatial justice refers to the perception of the geographical distance of resources or the comparison of the unequal development or underdevelopment of these resources between different branches officer of the organization based on geographic distance. Within the scope of this research; It was investigated whether the temporal and spatial justice perceptions of teachers working in educational institutions in Iğdır province have an effect on their organizational commitment. Data were obtained from 257 teachers by online survey method. SPSS.25 and YEM AMOS.20 programs were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the analyzes made; It was determined that teachers' perception levels of temporal injustice were 56%, spatial injustice perception levels were 48.5%, and organizational commitment levels were 65.2%. In the study, it was determined that temporal and spatial injustice negatively affects organizational commitment and continuance and emotional commitment, which are sub-dimensions of organizational commitment. In addition, temporal justice and marital status, number of children, professional seniority, type of institution and travel expenses, spatial justice differs statistically according to professional seniority and organizational commitment, income and time to school.

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