does procedural unfairness decrease prosocial behavior

Introduction

The relationship between procedural fairness and prosocial behavior has been a subject of extensive research. Procedural fairness refers to the perceived fairness of the processes used to make decisions, and it can significantly impact individuals' behaviors and attitudes. This synthesis examines whether procedural unfairness decreases prosocial behavior, drawing insights from multiple research studies.

Key Insights

Impact on Self-Esteem and Managerial Behavior:
- Procedural unfairness lowers self-esteem, which in turn leads to less effective managerial behaviors. Managers who perceive procedures as unfair are less likely to engage in behaviors needed for effective management during times of change .
Negative Emotional Responses and Behavioral Intentions:
- Unfair procedures lead to increased negative emotions such as anger and lower achievement strivings. This emotional response can reduce prosocial behaviors and increase the likelihood of protest .
Distancing and Refusal Behaviors:
- Procedural unfairness causes messengers delivering bad news to engage in distancing behaviors and refusals, which violate principles of fair interpersonal treatment and reduce prosocial interactions.
Effect of Social Value Orientation:
- Individuals with proself orientations (self-focused) are more affected by procedural unfairness than those with prosocial orientations (other-focused). Proself individuals show stronger negative reactions and reduced prosocial behaviors when procedures are perceived as unfair.
Prosocial Identity and Behavior:
- When prosocial identities are not primed, individuals delivering unfavorable outcomes behave more prosocially if the procedures are unjust. However, activating prosocial identities can paradoxically reduce prosocial behavior in the context of procedural injustice.

Conclusion

Procedural unfairness generally decreases prosocial behavior by lowering self-esteem, increasing negative emotions, and prompting distancing behaviors. The impact is more pronounced in individuals with self-focused orientations and can be influenced by the activation of prosocial identities. Overall, ensuring procedural fairness is crucial for maintaining prosocial behavior in organizational and social contexts.

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Does procedural unfairness decrease prosocial behavior

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Procedural Fairness, Managers' Self-Esteem, and Managerial Behaviors Following a Layoff.

Managers' self-esteem is more affected by procedural unfairness in job layoffs, leading to less effective managerial behaviors and increased negative work environment perceptions for their subordinates.

The egocentric nature of procedural justice: Social value orientation as moderator of reactions to decision-making procedures

Procedural justice effects are more pronounced for individuals with proself orientations than for those with prosocial orientations, indicating that self-oriented motives or needs influence fairness perceptions and behaviors in decision-making processes.

Expectations, procedural justice, and alternative reactions to being deprived of a desired outcome

Unfair procedures lead to more anger, lower achievement strivings, greater devaluation of the object, and less self-deprecation, while expectations influence self-deprecation more than achievement strivings.

Procedural fairness and self-esteem

Unfair treatment lowers self-esteem and affects perceived fairness of interactions, especially when receiving high test feedback.

Delivering Bad News: How Procedural Unfairness Affects Messengers’ Distancing and Refusals

Procedural unfairness in decision-making leads to increased distancing and refusals from messengers delivering bad news, violating fair interpersonal treatment tenets.

The effects of unfair procedure on negative affect and protest

Unfair procedures, whether very inaccurate or slightly inaccurate, can cause negative affect and motivate individuals to protest before they learn the outcome of the changed procedure.

The Performer's Reactions to Procedural Injustice: When Prosocial Identity Reduces Prosocial Behavior1

Prosocial identity can reduce prosocial behavior in delivering unfavorable outcomes when procedures are unjust, highlighting the impact of roles and identities on delivering unfavorable outcomes.

Reputational Implications of Procedural Fairness for Personal and Relational Self-Esteem

Procedural fairness has reputational implications for personal and relational self-esteem, with higher concern for reputation affecting self-esteem more strongly.

The role of authority power in explaining procedural fairness effects.

High authority power leads to stronger procedural fairness effects on followers' attitudes and organizational citizenship behavior, mediated by trust in authorities.

Ranking Low, Feeling High: How Hierarchical Position and Experienced Power Promote Prosocial Behavior in Response to Procedural Justice

Lower hierarchical positions with a high sense of power promote prosocial behavior in response to procedural justice, mediated by perceptions of authority trustworthiness.

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