ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the social psychology of justice lies at the intersection of two major subdisciplines of our science—social cognition and interpersonal relations/group processes: judgments of fairness are profoundly affected by, and also themselves have profound effects on, a variety of cognitive and group dynamic processes. The social psychology of justice and fairness is a topic that lies at the core of our lives as social beings. Perceptions of fairness are quintessentially social because they address judgments of how one is treated by or relative to other people. The book explores the way justice studies have entered organizational behavior scholarship and spread out to address new topics. It gives a good overview of the very substantial literature on fairness and fairness-related effects in the workplace.
