Determinants of fairness-based and favorability-based reactions to
authorities' decisions
Ståhl, T.
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Ståhl, T. (2006, June 1). Determinants of fairness-based and favorability-based reactions to
authorities' decisions. Dissertatiereeks Kurt Lewin Instituut. Retrieved from
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Determinants of Fairness-based and Favorabil
ity-based Reactions to Authorities’ Decisions
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van de Rector M agnificus Dr. D. D. Breimer,
hoogleraar in de faculteit der W iskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op donderdag 1 juni 2006 klokke 14.15 uur
door
Promotiecommissie
Promotoren: Prof. Dr. N. Ellemers (Leiden University) Prof. Dr. K. Y. Törnblom (University of Skövde)
Co-promotor Dr. R. Vermunt (Leiden University/University of Skövde) Referent: Prof. Dr. K. Van den Bos (Utrecht University)
Contents
1. Introduction 7
Overview of chapters 14
2. Reactions to ingroup versus outgroup authorities’ decisions 19
Experiment 1 20
Experiment 2 28
Experiment 3 33
General discussion 36
3. The role of ingroup identification 41
Experiment 4 43
Discussion 47
4. The role of expected bias 51
Experiment 5 54
Experiment 6 59
General discussion 64
5. The role of relational versus instrumental concerns 69
Experiment 7 73
Experiment 8 78
Experiment 9 82
General discussion 86
6. Summary and conclusions 89
Reactions to ingroup versus outgroup authorities’ decisions 89 The role of ingroup identification 91
The role of expected bias 92
The role of relational versus instrumental concerns 94
Conclusions 96
Endnotes 99
Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) 101
References 109
