The effects of group affiliation on third parties' justice perceptions

Authors

Jeffrey A. Miles, University of the PacificFollow
Stefanie E. Naumann, University of the PacificFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Current Research in Social Psychology

ISSN

1088-7423

Volume

8

Issue

12

Publication Date

1-7-2003

Abstract

We investigated the justice perceptions of third parties, individuals who are not directly involved in a justice situation, either as the decision maker or the recipient of the justice outcome. Specifically, we examined the effects of two forms of in-group affiliation on third parties' justice perceptions: 1) affiliation of decision maker and guilty group of students, and 2) affiliation of third parties reading about the scenario with the decision maker and guilty group of students. In a scenario study, university students evaluated the fairness of a disciplinary situation used to punish a group of students for plagiarizing. Different results were found for fraternity vs. non-fraternity subjects, depending on whether the decision maker was affiliated with a fraternity or not and whether the decision maker was a group or individual.

Recommended Citation

Miles, J. A., & Naumann, S. E. (2003). The effects of group affiliation on third parties' justice perceptions. Current Research in Social Psychology, 8(12),
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/esob-facarticles/319