Organizational Justice as a Construct of Trust of Public Elementary School Teachers in Davao Del Norte Division

Abstract

This study unearthed the relationship of organizational justice and trust of teachers since this had never been explored specifically in the local setting. Also, it determined the extent of organizational justice and the trust of public elementary school teachers in Davao Del Norte Division. This used probability sampling. Of which, 150 elementary teachers in the public schools were selected as the respondents. It utilized the descriptive-correlational survey method and the data collated were analyzed through the use of Mean and Product-Moment correlation. In this undertaking, it was revealed that there was an extensive organizational justice heads and an extensive trust of teachers. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between the two variables. Considering the findings of this study, it was further suggested that higher officials in the Department of Education and school heads may identify means on how to promote organizational justice in the school setting to increase the trust of the teachers towards the organization. More so, future researchers may further explore the involved variables considering other factors and research methods specifically qualitative research or mixed methods research.