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<p style="text-align:justify;">The objective of this research work is to examine the association between performance appraisal justice and affective commitment of public sector universities employees in Pakistan. It further aims to explore the role of positive emotions as a mediator of the association between performance appraisal justice and affective commitment. This research uses survey method to collect &nbsp;data from 1,037 usable questionnaires. The results indicate significant positive impact of performance appraisal justice on affective commitment”. A positive and significant relationship between positive emotions and performance appraisal justice has also been witnessed. Furthermore, the positive emotions and affective commitment are also found to be positively and significantly correlated. After controlling the mediating variable, the performance appraisal justice became insignificant when role of positive emotions was considered. Hence, it is the confirmation that positive emotions mediate the relationship between performance appraisal justice and affective commitment.</p>

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The Impact of Performance Appraisal Justice on Organizational Commitment via Positive Emotions: Evidence from Public Sector Universities in Pakistan

<p style="text-align:justify;">This study was accomplished to explore how perceived distributive justice (DJ)of the performance appraisal affects public service motivation (PSM) of public universities in Pakistan. A survey method was employed to assemble 820 usable questionnaires from academic employees who have worked in Pakistan’s public universities. Results of correlation analysis showed that relationship between DJ and PSM are statistically significant and positively correlated. Similarly, results of regression analysis showed an even stronger relationship for affective commitment (AF). This result confirms that AF plays an important role as a mediating variable in the motivation models of the public sector sample. Thus the findings draw attention to the relevance of AF in the absence of DJ in influencing PSM.</p>

How Perceived Distributive Justice of the Performance Appraisal Affects Public Service Motivation of Public Universities in Pakistan

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