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Of Practicalities and Perspective: What Is Fair in Group Decision Making?
Author(s) -
Jacobs Elizabeth,
Christensen P. Niels,
Prislin Radmila
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01605.x
Subject(s) - normative , social psychology , group decision making , psychology , perspective (graphical) , value (mathematics) , position (finance) , perception , proportionality (law) , confirmatory factor analysis , exploratory factor analysis , political science , law , economics , computer science , structural equation modeling , psychometrics , developmental psychology , finance , artificial intelligence , machine learning , neuroscience
Establishing fair procedures to regulate intragroup disagreements should engender cooperation while inhibiting conflict . Yet what is a “fair” procedure might vary for members of different factions . To understand perceptions of fairness in group decision making , the present research developed and utilized the Fair Group Procedures Scale (FGPS). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a four‐factor structure along two dimensions: the means of distributing decision‐making power (proportionality to equality) and the normative value of the approach (desirable to undesirable) . Data suggest that deeming a particular decision‐making procedure “fair” is predicted by one's majority/minority position within a group . Furthermore , experimental data suggest that social change (i . e ., reversals of majority/minority positions) reduces the discrepancies between factions . Results support the socially constructed nature of fairness and its potential role in intragroup conflict .