Self-construal level and voice procedures: The individual self as psychological basis for procedural fairness effects

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    Abstract

    In the current article, we investigate the influence of self-construal level on procedural fairness effects, that is, the finding that fair versus unfair procedures influence people's evaluations of their relation with decision-making authorities. In two experiments, we manipulated self-construal level by activating the individual self ("I") or the social self ("We"), and we induced a control condition. Furthermore, we manipulated procedural fairness by granting versus denying participants an opportunity to voice their opinion in a decision-making process. Results consistently revealed stronger procedural fairness effects if the individual self is activated than if the social self is activated. It is concluded that sometimes the individual self, rather than the social self, constitutes the psychological basis for procedural fairness effects. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)392-397
    JournalJournal of Experimental Social Psychology
    Volume45
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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