AIR UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

Department of Business Administration

Guideline for Submission of Thesis
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The following pages must be attached:1. Title Page

2. Inner page
3. Abstract
3. Declaration from researcher
4. Certificate from Research Supervisor
5. Thesis approval sheet (in final copy)
6. Acknowledgement
7. Table of Contents

EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON EMPLOYEES

COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION

By

GHULAM MURTAZA

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

AIR UNIVERSITY, ISLAMBAD

August 2010

Effect of Organizational Justice on Employees Commitment and Job

Satisfaction

By

Ghulam Murtaza

A thesis Submitted to the Department of Business Administration

In Partial Fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of
MS Management Sciences

Department of Business Administration

Air University, Islamabad

August 2010

ABSTRACT

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor
material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of the
university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgment has been
made in the text.

Signature _______________
Name: __________________
Reg. No __________________
Date:____________________

THESIS COMPLETION CERTIFICATE

It is certified that the thesis entitled: Effect of Big Five Personality Traits on Job
Outcomes: Perception of Organizational Politics as Mediator.
has been completed by Mr. /Ms Muhammad Rafiq Registration No.100040 under my
supervision. It is also certified that the thesis is based on original research work and
meets all criteria and standards laid down for MS degree.
The following areas have been critically monitored:1. Conformance to APA Format.
2. Precision & Correctness of the language.
3. Literature Review is relevant and comprehensive.
4. Relevance of references with the text.
5. Methodology and Estimation techniques are appropriate.

Name & Signature:-----------------------Designation:-----------------------------Date: _______________

Department of Business Administration

MS THESIS AND DEFENSE APPROVAL SHEET
The undersigned certify that they have read the following thesis, examined the defense
and are satisfied with the overall exam performance, and recommend the thesis to
Department of Business Administration for acceptance.

Thesis Title: THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON EMPLOYEES

COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION.

Submitted by:

Ghulam Murtaza

Registration #:080806

Student Name

MS Management Sciences____
Degree in Full (MS Management Sciences)

Human Resource Management

Name of Discipline

Dr. I U Shad_______

__________________

Name of Research Supervisor

Signature of Research Supervisor

Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed

________________________

Name of External Examiner

Signature of Examiner

Dr. I U Shad_______
Name of Dean (F A S)

Signature of Dean (F A S)

27th September,2010

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor Dr. I U Shad, Dean Faculty of
Administrative Sciences whose guidance provided strong foundation for this research and
supported me throughout the project. His understanding, untiring advice, and
encouragement have enabled to me to complete my thesis.
I would also like to mention some other researchers for their valuable contributions.
In particular Dr. Wasim Shahid Malik, provided unflagging support and kind guidance.
I must mention Mr. Rizwan Sajid Lecturer Statistics University of Gujrat who provided
me technical support to complete this thesis.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page...

Abstract..

II

Acknowledgement

III

Table of Contents...

IV

List of Tables and Figures

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LIST OF TABLE
3.1

Sampling Technique..24

3.2

Frequency Distribution with respect to Gender24

3.3

Frequency Distribution with respect to Age.25

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should follow immediately after first mention in the text or on the next
page. If they are placed on the next page ,continue the text to the bottom of the preceding
page do not leave a space (gap) on the page where the tables or figure was first
mentioned.
Figures must look professional. Hand lettering is not acceptable unless executed by a
professional draftsperson .Any diagram, growing graph chart, map, photograph, or other
type of illustration must be presented in research project as a figure.
Broadside Tables and Figures
In order to fit large tables or figures on a page, it is sometimes necessary to place them
broadside. The binding margin for such a table or figure must be inches and research
project must be written in English.

All other margins must be 1 inch. The top margin and page number location must be the
same as on a regular page.
Numbering of Tables and Figures:
Numbering of tables and figures should be consecutive throughout the entire research
project or within each chapter, including those in the appendix. if the tables and figures
are to be numbered consecutively within each chapter, the chapter number should appear
along with the table or figure number (e.g., 1.1,1.2 (for chapter 1) ; 2.1, 2.2 (for chapter
2) (see appendix D). the number and title of a table should be placed above the table.
tables and figures are numbered separately.
Computer Output:
Computer output, including pen plotting and screen plotting, is acceptable provided the
material is dark, clear, readable copy transferred to acceptable paper. if the material is
tabular ,room must be left at the top for the table number, caption, appropriate lines, and
columnar headings unless the entire table is to be printed by the computer printout
machine.
Supplementary:
Reference of Bibliography:
The style for references should follow the format given on next page. The style used must
be consistent throughout research project. There are many good sources that may be
consulted for certain fields or to solve special problems. Advisors and committee
members usually have excellent references to suggest.
Appendices:
Quality and format should be consistent with requirements for other parts of the research
project including margins and reproduction. Computer printout must conform to margins.
Reductions must be clear and readable. Appendices may be treated in a fashion parallel
to that of chapters .that is, the first page of an appendix would have a one inch top margin
and begin with a title e.g., Appendix I,
Appendix: Diagrams.
Alternatively, an appendix may be introduced with a cover page bearing only the title. the
content of the appendix then begins on the second page with the standard one-inch
margin.

Citation
Book
(One author)
Reference:
Komisar, L. (1991). the new feminism. New York: Franklin Watts.
In-Text:
(Komisar, 1991)

Book
(Two or more authors)
Reference:
Strunk, W., Jr. & White, E.B. (1979). The elements of style (3 rd ed.). New York:
Macmillan.
In-Text: (two authors):
(Strunk & White, 1979)
In-Text (three or more authors):
(Strunk, White, & Smith, 1979)
In-Text (subsequent references) :
(Strunk et al. , 1979)

Book Chapter
Reference:
Roll, W.P. (1976). ESP and memory. In J.M.O.Wheatley & H.L. Edge (Eds.) ,
philosophical dimensions of parapsychology (pp. 154-184) . Springfield, IL: American
psychiatric press.
In-Text

(Roll, 1976)

Encyclopedia Article
Reference
Warren, S.A. (1977). Mental retardation and environment. In International encyclopedia
of psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and neurology (Vol. 7, pp. 202-207).New
York Aesculapius publishers.
In-Text:
(Warren, 1977)
Journal Article
(One author)
Reference:
Maki, R.H. (1982). Categorization effects which occur in comparative judgment tasks.
Memory & Cognition, 10, 252-264.
In Text:
(Maki, 1982)
Journal Article
(Two or more authors)
Reference:
Atkinson, R.C, & Shiffrin, R.M. (1971). The control of short-term memory. Scientific
American, 225, 82-90.
In-Text (two authors)
(Atkinson & Shiffrin, 1971)
In-Text (three to five authors):
(Smith, Zappella, Rosen, Gustman, & Rock, 1994)
In-Text (six or more authors):
(Smith et al., 1994)

In-Text (subsequent references):

(Smith et al., 1994)
In-Text (subsequent references in the same paragraph):
(Smith et al)

Magazine Article
(One author)
Reference:
Kandel, E. R. (2000, November 10). Neuroscience: Breaking down scientific barriers to
the study of brain and mind.
Science, 290, 1113-1120.
In-Text:
(Kandel, 2000)
Magazine Article
(No author)
Reference:
The blood business. (1992, September 11). Time, 97, 47-48.
In-Text:
(The Blood Business, 1992)
Research Project Submission Requirements
Four hardbound copies and one soft copy of research project on CD are to be submitted
to the Research Cell.