Organizational justice and burnout: A dimensional meta-analysis

Among identified risk factors, organizational justice has emerged as a critical predictor of employee well-being, including burnout. This meta-analysis provides an updated multidimensional synthesis of evidence published between 2013 and 2024 on the associations between the four dimensions of organizational justice (distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational) and the three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, cynicism, reduced personal accomplishment).

Psychometrically corrected random-effects models revealed negative associations between all organizational justice and burnout dimensions, with corrected correlations ranging from ρ = −.20 to ρ = −.43. Interpersonal and informational justice showed associations comparable to other justice dimensions, despite being less frequently investigated. Moderator analyses showed that the instruments used to measure organizational justice and burnout significantly influenced effect sizes, whereas age and gender moderated specific organizational justice-burnout relationships.