The Study of the Relationship between Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction on Y-Generation in Chinese IT Industry

Research on job satisfaction of employees has always been a hot spot in Human Resource Management. This study examined the relationship between three forms of organizational justice and job satisfaction on Post-'80 generation employees in Chinese IT industry. Survey data were collected from 198 IT personnel employed coming from ten IT enterprises in two cities of China via a combination of mail survey and paper questionnaire. Bivariate analysis revealed that there were significantly relationship between three forms of organizational justice and job satisfaction. The further hierarchical regression results supported a main effects model of the distributive justice and procedural justice to job satisfaction. Implications of the research findings are discussed.

I. Introduction

Over the past few years information technology (IT) has improved significantly by rapid technological change and IT industry has become a main driving force in Chinese economic structure. IT personnel represent a dynamic workforce in a new and high growth industry of the future and the Post-'80 generation (Y-generation) became the important component in Chinese IT industry personnel.