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Effects of social value orientations on fairness judgments

Authors :
Anderson, William D.
Patterson, Miles L.
Source :
The Journal of Social Psychology. April, 2008, Vol. 148 Issue 2, p223, 23 p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The authors assessed the impact that social value orientations--prosocial (i.e., concerned about outcomes for both oneself and others) versus proself (i.e., concerned about one's own outcome only)--had on fairness judgments in a non-negotiation setting. The results indicated that prosocials generally formed fairness judgments in a manner suggested by equity theory: Given the same input as a comparison other, they saw an equal outcome as fairer than a favorable or unfavorable outcome. The fairness determinations of proselfs, however, tended to follow the tenets of self-interest theory: Given the same input as a comparison other, they saw a favorable outcome as fairer than an unfavorable outcome. Contrary to self-interest theory, proselfs did not find a favorable outcome fairer than an equal outcome. These findings indicate that social value orientations differentially affect the evaluation of outcome information in the formation of fairness judgments. Keywords: equity theory, outcome fairness, procedural fairness, self-interest theory, social value orientations<br />HOW DO PEOPLE DETERMINE THE FAIRNESS of an event? Two factors that may be considered in forming fairness judgments are the outcome received and the procedures used to arrive at [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00224545
Volume :
148
Issue :
2
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
The Journal of Social Psychology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.179279568