In order to ensure an effective and successful organization, the aspect of justice must be upheld by every management. Management concerned about the issue of justice in the organization can change the organization in a positive direction to make the organization in a state with the principles, stance, and determination. This paper examines the relationship between organizational justice and job satisfaction. A survey method was employed to gather 164 questionnaires from Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan (SUK) Selangor employees. The outcomes of SmartPLS showed that procedural justice, distributive justice, and procedural justice might act as an essential antecedent of extrinsic job satisfaction. Besides, procedural justice and interactional justice also may act as an essential antecedent of intrinsic job satisfaction. Conversely, distributive justice does not have any significant relationship with intrinsic job satisfaction. Further, implication, discussion, and conclusion are elaborated.
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