International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences Vol. 7, Special Issue - 4th International Conference on Educational Research and Practice 2017 ISSN: 2222-6990 303 www.hrmars.com Examining Coaches’ Perceptions of how Organisational Justice Affects Organisational Support Ooi Cheng Lee, Aminuddin Yusof, Soh Kim Geok and Zoharah Omar Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia DOI: 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i14/3669 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i14/3669 Abstract This study aimed to examine how school volunteer coaches perceived the relationship between four-dimensional of organisational justice (procedural, distributive, interpersonal, and informational justices) and perceived organisational support. A cross-sectional correlational research mail survey was conducted on 750 Malaysian school volunteer coaches by applying proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. The data were analysed using IBM SPSS and structural equation modeling with AMOS. Results showed all dimension of organisational justice with the exception of procedural justice are associated with perceived organisational support. This finding has contradicted a majority of past literature findings that procedural justice has the strongest influenced on organisational outcomes. The results suggest the need to craft fair procedures or policies that allow freedom of voice in the volunteer coach management system. A sound system of procedural justice is important for the organisation to demonstrate its support towards volunteer coaches, in order to attract their emotional attachment and loyalty to coach for the organisation in the long run. Keywords: Coaching, Sports Volunteerism, High School Sports Introduction Sport volunteers contribute to the success of the sport industry and constituted approximately 0.9% of the average gross domestic profit among 15 countries (Salamon, Sokolowski, Haddock, and Tice, 2012). Yet, the importance of sport-for-development volunteers has been undermined when compared with elite sport in volunteerism research (Peachey, Lyras, Cohen & Bruening, 2014), particularly volunteer coaches in the developmental sport. In Malaysia, grassroots sports development program under the Sports Division of the Ministry of Education (MOE) relies fully on volunteer school sports coaches. These volunteer coaches receive no remuneration to develop student-athletes under the High-Performance School Sports Developmental Program (SPTS), a competitive school sports program organised by the Sports Division of MOE. Volunteer sport coaches not only develop athletes’ sports skills and knowledge, but also guide their personal and social growth (Fletcher & Scott, 2010). They are the quality controller of youth sport participation and performance in sport delivery programmes (Harman & Doherty, 2014). In line with this, Cuskelly, Taylor, Hoye & Darcy (2006, p. 123) have highlighted that