Academic staff are critical components of any effective teaching-learning process.  Several researchers have identified the phenomena of academic’s staff, leaving their profession because of many reasons.  But why this topic has been more relevant than it used to be, and why it is part of its strategy to remain so. This problem is getting more complicated because it involves the personal, institutional and social aspects of society. It is widely accepted that if the academic staff perceived fairness during the decision-making process, they can fulfil the educational objectives and national goals. Academic staff who feel unfairly treated tend to leave the organisation. Several types of research have shown that turnover intention has to do with procedural justice. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between procedural justice and academic staff of Malaysian research universities with turnover intention. This study’s design is quantitative through the cross-sectional approach. Also, the samples obtained via questionnaires from university personnel of five public research universities. A total of 277 university staff completed the surveys. The result showed that the purpose of turnover between the lectures was negatively affected by procedural justice. Thus, we concluded that procedural justice was an even better predictor of turnover. It means that the University of Research in Malaysia would understand that their decision to leave will be motivated by a lack of justice.

Keywords

Turnover Intention, Procedural Justice and Malaysian Research University