Bounded authority: Expanding “appropriate” police behavior beyond procedural justice.

Procedural Justice and Innovation: Does Procedural Justice Foster Innovative Behavior?

The influence of procedural justice on intended innovative behavior was studied in a sample of students and employees. Although earlier studies suggests that procedural justice increases innovation-related behavior such as spontaneous cooperation, so far systematic research is scarce. Results indicated that the provision of voice increased participants’ intention to show innovative behavior suc...

Procedural Justice and Legitimate Authority * June 26 , 2014

Social psychologists (e.g., Tyler 1990) have argued that an authority’s use of fair procedures can improve compliance by enhancing the authority’s legitimacy. However, previous efforts to assess this effect empirically are confounded because procedures that enhance legitimacy also alter subjects’ perceptions of the authority’s efficacy in sanctioning noncompliance. We evaluate the procedural le...

A Police Complaints Authority study

Shaping Citizen Perceptions of Police Legitimacy: a Randomized Field Trial of Procedural Justice∗

Exploring the relationship between procedural justice and citizen perceptions of police is a well-trodden pathway. Studies show that when citizens perceive the police acting in a procedurally just manner—by treating people with dignity and respect, and by being fair and neutral in their actions—they view the police as legitimate and are more likely to comply with directives and cooperate with p...

Deservingness and perceptions of procedural justice in citizen encounters with the police