The Effect of Leadership and Organizational Justice in Predicting Positive Emotion of Indonesian Civil Servants

Abstract

This study aims to explore the influence of leadership styles (transactional and transformational) on organizational justice (distributive justice and procedural justice) and their impact on the positive emotions of Government civil servants,which is located in the City of South Tangerang, Palu, and Sorong. In the government environment, perceptions of leadership styles (transactional and transformational) and organizational justice (distributive and procedural) possessed by employees can vary. Thus, itindeed tends to influence the formation of positive emotions. The Social Desirability Response (SDR) test was examined in the validation test. A survey method with a purposive sampling technique (n = 400) was used to collect the data. The results showed that both transformational and transactional leadership styles have a positive and significant effect on procedural justice and distributive justice. Hence, having a subsequent impact on the formation of positive emotions.