Nahjolbalagheh Research

Nahjolbalagheh Research

Justice as a Rotating and Reflective Concept in Social Corpus of Organization (Sermon 216 of Nahj al-Balaghah

Document Type : Original Article

Author
VAHIDREZA HALVAEIHA
Ph.D. student of Allameh Tabataba'i University, Faculty of Management and Accounting
Abstract
Justice is an interactive concept. In most cases, organizational justice has a one-dimensional view in which superiors have always been in a perceptual position and subordinates in an acting class. According to Imam Ali (AS) in Nahj al-Balaghah, there is a possibility of violating the rights of superiors by subordinates as a result of perceived injustice. The present article, based on the principles of relativism hermeneutics and logical analysis, tries to explain the rotational nature of justice mentioned in Sermon 216. The text was interpreted by selecting this sermon and combining it with management theories as interpreter horizons. Due to the qualitative nature of this research, a comparative approach was taken between the original text and adaptations of two commentaries, Ibn Maysam and Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, to prevent eisegesis and increase the validity. Findings show that the perception of justice of superiors is a structure that has been neglected in organizational justice. In addition, the perception of justice is a rotational perception and behavior between subordinates and superiors, which has an effect on observers. This perception affects the organization's atmosphere, and the initiators of this atmosphere within organizations are the subordinates and their perceptions. Therefore, the best intervention to manage this cycle (contrary to the current trend, which focuses on managing superiors' behavior and subordinates' perceptions) is superiors' perceptions. The consideration of some criteria in the stages, such as selection, training, promotion of managers, and organizational controls, can lead this rotation to a positive direction and promote the concept of justice in the organization.
Keywords
       Nahj al-Balaghah
organizational justice
perception of justice in the superior
rotational property
atmosphere of justice
relativism hermeneutics

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