TY - JOUR
T1 - Procedural fairness in ultimatum bargaining
T2 - Effects of interactional fairness and formal procedure on respondents' reactions to unequal offers
AU - Fukuno, Mitsuteru
AU - Ohbuchi, Ken Ichi
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - Ninety-nine Japanese students received one of three offers in an ultimatum bargaining scenario: unfavorable and unequal; equal; or favorable but unequal. These offers were determined by either the other participant or by a computerized lottery. We also manipulated the arbitrariness of the role assignment procedure. Participants perceived the intentional small offer as more unfair in the interactional sense than the unintentional small offer, while they perceived the same offers as unfair in the distributive sense, regardless of intentionality. The intentional small offer was more likely to be rejected than the unintentional small offer, Participants perceived the arbitrary procedure of the role assignment as highly unfair, whereas the difference of arbitrariness in role assignment procedures had no significant impact on their reactions to the offer. Acceptance of the offer was strongly determined by interactional fairness, as well as by distributive fairness, and these types of fairness were influenced by different situational characteristics, such as intentionality, the size of the offer, and the equality of the offer.
AB - Ninety-nine Japanese students received one of three offers in an ultimatum bargaining scenario: unfavorable and unequal; equal; or favorable but unequal. These offers were determined by either the other participant or by a computerized lottery. We also manipulated the arbitrariness of the role assignment procedure. Participants perceived the intentional small offer as more unfair in the interactional sense than the unintentional small offer, while they perceived the same offers as unfair in the distributive sense, regardless of intentionality. The intentional small offer was more likely to be rejected than the unintentional small offer, Participants perceived the arbitrary procedure of the role assignment as highly unfair, whereas the difference of arbitrariness in role assignment procedures had no significant impact on their reactions to the offer. Acceptance of the offer was strongly determined by interactional fairness, as well as by distributive fairness, and these types of fairness were influenced by different situational characteristics, such as intentionality, the size of the offer, and the equality of the offer.
KW - Distributive fairness
KW - Formal procedure
KW - Interactional fairness
KW - Ultimatum bargaining
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U2 - 10.1111/1468-5884.t01-1-00041
DO - 10.1111/1468-5884.t01-1-00041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0042825867
VL - 45
SP - 152
EP - 161
JO - Japanese Psychological Research
JF - Japanese Psychological Research
SN - 0021-5368
IS - 3
ER -