De Cremer David, Tyler Tom R
Department of Economic and Social Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
J Appl Psychol. 2007 May;92(3):639-49. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.3.639.
The present research examined the effect of procedural fairness and trust in an authority on people's willingness to cooperate with the authority across a wide range of social situations. Prior research has shown that the presence of information about whether an authority can be trusted moderates the effect of procedural fairness. If no trust information is available, procedural fairness influences people's reactions. This is not the case when information about the trustworthiness of the authority is present. In the present article, it is argued that information about whether the authority can or cannot be trusted may also moderate the effect of procedural fairness in predicting levels of cooperation. Assuming that the use of fair procedures by authorities that cannot be trusted is less influential than is the enactment of procedures by trustworthy authorities, it is predicted that trust in authority moderates the influence of procedural fairness on cooperation in such a way that procedural fairness has a positive effect on cooperation primarily when trust in authority is high. Results from 4 studies (2 experimental studies and 2 field studies) provide supportive evidence for this interaction.
本研究考察了程序公平性和对权威的信任在广泛社会情境中对人们与权威合作意愿的影响。先前的研究表明，关于权威是否可被信任的信息的存在会调节程序公平性的影响。如果没有信任信息，程序公平性会影响人们的反应。当存在关于权威可信度的信息时，情况则并非如此。在本文中，有人认为关于权威是否可被信任的信息也可能在预测合作水平时调节程序公平性的影响。假设不可信的权威使用公平程序的影响力不如可信权威制定程序的影响力，预计对权威的信任会以这样一种方式调节程序公平性对合作的影响，即程序公平性主要在对权威的信任度高时对合作产生积极影响。4项研究（2项实验研究和2项实地研究）的结果为这种相互作用提供了支持性证据。
