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Depression is a common issue in Finnish working population and one of the leading reasons for work disability globally. Previous studies have shown that perceptions of organizational justice are related to depression. The role of individual factors, like personality, in the relationship between organizational justice and depression has not been examined yet. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between organizational justice perceptions and depression and also whether agreeableness moderates this association. Based on previous studies two hypotheses were set: 1) perceptions of low organizational justice are associated with high depression and 2) agreeableness moderates the association between organizational justice and depression. Methods: The data for the present study is from The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study and has been collected in the follow-up of 2012. There were 1003 participants (589 women; 58, 72 %) in this study and the mean age was 43 years. In this study depression was assessed with Beck's depression inventory, BDI-II, organizational justice was assessed with the shortened version of the organizational justice questionnaire and agreeableness was assessed with Five factor inventory (NEO-FFI) questionnaire. The associations between organizational justice and depression and the moderating effect of agreeableness were examined using linear regression analyses. Age, sex, educational level and occupational status were used as covariates in this study. Results: In this study low organizational justice was related to high depression. Agreeableness moderated the association between organizational justice and depression in men but not in women. Low organizational justice was related to higher depression in men with low agreeableness compared to men with high agreeableness. Thus the results of this study strengthen the association between organizational justice and depression and emphasize the effect of personality to this association.