ABSTRACT
Chapters 2 to 4 considered two quite different forms of interactive relationships between process fairness and outcome favorability. Whereas Chapters 2 and 3 considered the tendency for high process fairness to reduce the effect of outcome favorability, Chapter 4 discussed how high process fairness may heighten the effect of outcome favorability relative to when process fairness is low. Moreover, the evidence suggests that the form of the interaction effect depends on the nature of the dependent variable. Chapters 2 and 3 showed that on measures of psychological strain or on system-referenced measures such as people’s willingness to support decisions, decision makers, and organizations, high process fairness reduced the effect of outcome favorability. In contrast, Chapter 4 showed that on measures of self-evaluation, high process fairness heightened the effect of outcome favorability.
