PROCEDURAL CONTEXT AND CULTURE - VARIATION IN THE ANTECEDENTS OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE JUDGMENTS

T. R. Tyler and E. A. Lind (1992) identified 3 relational variables th at make authoritative procedures seem fair: indications of status reco gnition, trust in benevolence, and neutrality in decision making. In S tudy 1, students from the United States, Germany, and Hong Kong recall ed a conflict and reported their reactions. In Study 2, U.S. and Japan ese students rated 3rd-party and dyadic procedures as ways of resolvin g a hypothetical dispute. In both studies, trust in benevolence correl ated more strongly with procedural justice judgments in 3rd-party proc edures. Study 2 showed stronger links between status recognition and p rocedural justice in the U.S. sample. In both studies, the relational variables appeared to mediate the effects of voice on procedural justi ce judgments. The results suggest that the basic processes posited in the theory generalize to dyadic conflict situations and across cultura l contexts.