Can organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior reduce workplace deviance?

Purpose: This manuscript investigates the impact of organizational justice on citizenship behaviour and workplace deviance examines mediator effect between deviance.Design/methodology/approach: study utilizes a quantitative method to investigate four hypotheses using PLS3-SEM 185 respondents from five research universities in Malaysia.Findings: Findings this reveal positive negative effects deviance. Further, confirms mediating significate, especially higher education. These findings will be helpful guidance for decreasing eventually increasing employees’ efficiency.Research Limitation: focuses Future should some other unique factors relevant reducing Although data was collected only once took almost two months, unequal distribution during sixty days may affect accuracy findings. studies collect over period longer than months analyze different reactions employees managers’ decisions or behaviorsPractical implications: guides supports managers putting mechanisms towards improving behaviors.Originality/value: expand knowledge behavior by providing evidence deviance.Keywords: Social exchange theory (SET), (WD), (OJ), human resource (HR), (OCB).