ABSTRACT

My work has been concerned with issues of social justice; in particular, I have been interested in understanding the role of procedural justice in organizational dynamics (see Lind & Tyler, 1988; Tyler, Boeckmann, Smith, & Huo, 1997; Tyler & Smith, 1997). Thinking about my research from the perspective of social influence has been an interesting experience, because social justice research typically has not been thought of as being research about social influence. However, thinking about social justice research in this new way is valuable and leads to a number of new and interesting insights about social justice. In particular, it makes clear the importance of discussing ethical issues when considering social justice research and its findings.