Linking Organizational Justice to Burnout: Are Men and Women 
Different?

Previous research indicates that worker’s well-being is
sensitive to organizational justice. However, the study of
individual differences is relatively neglected. One variable that
might importantly affect the type of justice most salient to an
individual is gender. With this in mind, we tested the moderating
role of gender in the relationships between organizational justice
and burnout experiences. The sample consisted of 279 contact
employees (149 men and 130 woman) surveyed in 59 service
organizations located in Spain. A questionnaire was used to measure
distributive, procedural and interactional justice as well as
employee’s burnout (exhaustion, cynicism and professional efficacy).
Hierarchical regression analyses were calculated to test the
hypothesized moderating effect of gender. The findings showed that
the interaction between interactional justice and gender made a
significant contribution to the explained variance in employee’s
exhaustion. The relationship between interactional justice and
exhaustion was greater for woman than for men. Future research
direction and practical implications are discussed.

Key words: organizational justice, burnout and gender.
Authors: Moliner Cantos, Carolina; Martínez Tur, Vicente; Ramos
López, Jose.