Our study drew on past theorizing on anticipatory justice (D. L. Shapiro & B. L. Kirkman, 2001) and fairness heuristic theory (K. Van den Bos, E. A. Lind, & H. A. M. Wilke, 2001) to build and test a model of employee reactions to a smoking ban. The results of a longitudinal study in a hospital showed that employee levels of preban anticipatory justice were predicted by their global sense of the...

Multi-attribute resource allocation problems involves the allocation of resources on the basis of several attributes, therefore, the definition of a fairness method for this kind of auctions should be formulated from a multidimensional perspective. Under such point of view, fairness should take into account all the attributes involved in the allocation problem, since focusing in just a single a...

In the ultimatum-game, as in many real-life social exchange situations, the selfish motive to maximize own gains conflicts with fairness preferences. In the present study we manipulated the availability of cognitive-control resources for ultimatum-game proposers to test whether preference for fairness is a deliberative cognitive-controlled act or an automatic act. In two experiments we found th...

Group-fair learning methods typically seek to ensure that some measure of prediction efficacy for (often historically) disadvantaged minority groups is comparable the majority population. When a principal seeks adopt group-fair approach replace another, may face opposition from those who feel they be harmed by switch, and this, in turn, deter adoption. We propose potential mitigation this conce...

We examined the influence of three reference points (minimum requirements [MR], the status quo [SQ], and goal [G]) proposed by the tri-reference point (TRP) theory on fairness and satisfaction perceptions of pay in three laboratory experiments. To test the effects, we manipulated these three reference points both implicitly (Experiment 1) and explicitly (Experiments 2 and 3). We also provided t...

A common approach to increase test security in higher educational high-stakes testing is the use of different forms with identical items but item orders. The effects such varied orders are relatively well studied, findings have generally been mixed. When multiple used, we argue that moderating role speededness on order cannot be neglected as missing responses commonly scored incorrect testing. ...

The performance of transport layer protocols can be affected differently due to wireless congestion, as opposed to network congestion. Using an active network evaluation strategy in a real world test-bed experiment, the Transport Control Protocol (TCP), Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP), and Stream Control Transport Protocol (SCTP) were evaluated to determine their effectiveness in te...

People’s desire for fair transactions can play an important role in negotiations, organizations, and markets. In this paper, we show that markets can also shape what people consider to be a fair transaction. We propose a simple and generally-applicable model of path-dependent fairness preferences, in which past experiences shape preferences, and we experimentally test the model’s predictions. W...

Existing correlative evidence suggests that sex hormones may affect economic behavior such as risk taking and reciprocal fairness. To test this hypothesis we conducted a double-blind randomized study. Two-hundred healthy postmenopausal women aged 50-65 years were randomly allocated to 4 weeks of treatment with estrogen, testosterone, or placebo. At the end of the treatment period, the subjects ...

We perform simulations on a network of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. We test several rules implied by the literature to identify ways to make strategic connections that enhance a policy-maker’s goals. Some rules target fairness and others target connectivity; but one strategy may be especially attractive. A ‘smart small world’ rule attends to agent diversity as a way to facilitate both...