Abstract:
The study investigated the influence of organizational justice on employee commitment in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 684 librarians from 43 universities in the six state of South-West, Nigeria, Total enumeration was used to cover all the professional and para-professional librarians. A validated questionnaire was used fir data collection. Cronbach's Alpha coefficients for the constructs ranged from 0.82 to 0.89. A return rate of 72% was achieved. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential (linear and multiple regression) statistics. Findings showed that the level of employee commitment in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria was fairly high (M=2.64 on a $-point scale). Organizational justice significantly influence employee commitment in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria (β=.231, t(488) = 63.16, R2=.280, p<0.05). However, procedural justice (β =.287, p< 0.05) relatively contributed most to employee commitment than distributive justice (β = .176, p< 0.05). The study concluded that organizational justice influenced employee commitment in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria. The study recommended university library management in the South-West region should continue to uphold organizational justice as this will go a long way to further increase employee commitment.