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Deservingness and Fairness among authorities and subordinates

Deservingness and Fairness among authorities and subordinates. Ashleigh Rashid George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences Mentor: Dr. Larry Heuer Department of Psychology, Barnard College . Thinking about fairness

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Deservingness and Fairness among authorities and subordinates

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  1. Deservingness and Fairness among authorities and subordinates Ashleigh Rashid George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences Mentor: Dr. Larry Heuer Department of Psychology, Barnard College

  2. Thinking about fairness • Think about a recent encounter with someone else in which there was a conflict between the two of you. • Do you think you were treated fairly in that conflict? • What was it about this encounter that made you think you were treated more or less fairly? • Group Value Theory of Procedural Fairness (Lind & Tyler,1988) • Trust • Neutrality • Standing (Respect)

  3. Competing predictions Group Value Theory (Tyler & Lind, 1988) • High ranking group members care less than low ranking group members about how respectfully they are treated. • This is because they are confident that their group values them. Deservingness Hypothesis (Heuer & Rashid) • High ranking group members care more than low ranking group members about how respectfully they are treated. • This is because they think they deserve respect due to their high rank.

  4. Methodology • Participants (N = 41) read a brief story about an encounter involving a conflict between two people at an electronics company. They were asked to imagine themselves as one of the participants in the conflict. • We manipulated two variables in our story: • Rank (High versus Low) • Respect (High versus Low)

  5. Manipulation of Rank

  6. Manipulation of Respect • Respect High: • I have received your request for a meeting so that we might discuss your thoughts concerning my decisions about our health care policy. I have decided to schedule a meeting with you to obtain your views. • Respect Low: • I have received your request for a meeting so that we might discuss your thoughts concerning my decisions about our health care policy. I have decided NOT to schedule a meeting with you to obtain your views.

  7. After reading the story, participants answered a questionnaire. • Our key dependent variable was a question about fair treatment: • The group manager has treated me fairly • strongly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 strongly • disagree agree

  8. Group Value Theory: Respect matters most for Low Rank group members Deservingness: Respect matters most for High Rank group members

  9. Results The Group Value theory predicts that respect matters most for the low rank individuals The Deservingness hypothesis predicts that respect matters most for the high rank individuals

  10. Future Studies • Adding more questions about deserving in the questionnaire: • e.g., I deserve respect; I deserve a Voice ; I deserve a meeting

  11. Reference • Tyler, Tom R. “Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1989):Vol.57.No 5, 830-838. • Lind, E. Allan and Tyler, Tom R. “The Social Psychology of procedural Justice.” New York: Plenum Press, 1988

  12. Acknowledgements • Dr. Larry Heuer • Hanna Silvia • Dr. Sat • Family • HCS staff • Audience

  13. Thank You  Questions?

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