Abstract Emotion as Social Information Theory claims that in an ambiguous situation, people
rely on others' emotions to make sense of the level of fairness encountered. We tested …

Drawing upon emotions as social information theory, we propose that others' emotions can
influence individuals' justice judgments, outcome satisfaction, and behaviors even when …

Building upon the idea that procedural justice effects are more pronounced when
uncertainty is high, we proposed that recall of an uncertainty-eliciting emotion (fear) will …

When the procedures people experience are uncertain, factors unrelated to principles of
procedural justice may nevertheless shape procedural justice judgments. This paper …

The present research explores third parties'(eg, jurors, ombudsmen, auditors, and
employees observing others' encounters) ability to objectively judge fairness. More …

We examined the effects of naturally occurring discrete emotions (happiness, anger, pride,
resentment) on individuals' perceptions of distributive, procedural and interactional justice …

PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS (ie, fairness of decision-making procedures that are used to
guide outcome allocations) has been found to positively influence a variety of reactions such …

In social psychology it has been argued that the importance of justice cannot be overstated.
In the present paper, we ask whether this indeed is the case and, more precisely, examine …

This article argues that it is not uncommon for people forming justice judgments to lack
information that is most relevant in the particular situation. In information-uncertain …

Publisher Summary Emotion management suggests that individuals follow rules about how
they should feel in a situation, but other expectations associated with a situation may modify …