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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of organizational justice, grit, and leader-member exchange on employee engagement. This research is quantitative research using survey questionnaire prepared on a five-point Likert scale. Proportionate stratified random sampling was used to select the state civil servants from the head office of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (MOECRT) that was located in Senayan, Jakarta. A total of 340 questionnaires were distributed and 243 valid responses collected. Data were analyzed using the structural equation modelling with the help of SmartPLS 4 software. It was found that organizational justice, grit, and leader-member exchange had a positive and significant impact on employee engagement. MOECRT shall focus on the practice of organizational justice in building high quality leader-member exchange and developing grit trait within the employee as they have positive impact on employee engagement.

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Organizational Justice Grit Leader-Member Exchange Employee Engagement

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Author Biographies

Astrid Octina Eledora, Open University

Astrid Octina Eledora, S.E., M.M. (Indonesia Open University)

is a postgraduate student at the Open University with a Civil Servant career at Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. Graduating from High School in SMUN 78, she studied Bachelor of Accounting at the Padjajaran University (2003-2007) and is now just get Masters in Magister Management at the Indonesia Open University.

Kabul Wahyu Utomo, Open University

Dr. Kabul Wahyu Utomo is a senior lecturer in the Master of Management Program at the Indonesia Open University, Jakarta, Indonesia. He began his career as a lecturer in 2004 at Trilogy University and has since emerged as an expert in Human Resource Development. Dr. Kabul, a graduate of the Doctoral Program in Management from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, focuses his research primarily on human resource issues, both domestically and internationally. His scholarly works have been published in reputable Sinta-indexed and Scopus journals. As an expert in human resource management, he serves as the main supervisor of this study and has consistently provided guidance to Sri Yusriani throughout the stages of her master's thesis research.

 

 

Zulkifli Sultan, Open University

Dr. Zulkifli Sultan is lecturer in the Master of Management Program at the Indonesia Open University,
Jakarta, Indonesia

Sri Yusriani, HRM practitioner at FK. Distribution

Sri Yusriani is a postgraduate student and assistant lecturer at the Indonesian Open University specializing in Communication Science and Human Resources Management. She successfully defended her master's thesis in January 2024, graduating as the best alumnus. Professionally, she excelled in supply chain management at FK Distribution Denmark and also contributed to ICRC Denmark. Known for her expertise in writing and public speaking, Yusriani has received many awards and actively guides more than 70 authors in scientific writing, demonstrating her commitment to sharing knowledge and serving the community.
Yusriani's educational background includes completing high school at SMU YKPP 1 Komperta Plaju Palembang in 2001, studying Geography at Padang State University, and Arabic Language Education at the Indonesian Education University from 2002 to 2005. She also pursued foreign language studies, studying Polish at Jagiellonian University in Krakow from 2010 to 2012. Sri Yusriani has been the best moderator and presenter at several international conferences and a reviewer for some journals. From 2022 to the present, she attended the Danish language school 'Sprogskoler' in Billund, Denmark. Outside of her professional and academic career, Yusriani has been recognized for her achievements in English speech and Islamic short story writing competitions in Indonesia. Together with her research colleagues, she won second place in the master's thesis competition at the 14th IEOM (International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management) in Dubai, UAE, in February 2024, 3rd best paper in 6thISBEST 2023, Best moderator in ICBEM 2023, also got award as best presenter in ISC-BEAM UNJ in June 2024. She is currently preparing for her PhD program at USM, Malaysia.

How to Cite
Eledora, A. O., Utomo, K. W., Sultan, Z., & Yusriani, S. (2024). The Influence of Organizational Justice, Grit and Leader-Member Exchange on Employee Engagement . Ilomata International Journal of Management, 5(3), 1011-1025. https://doi.org/10.61194/ijjm.v5i3.1294

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