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Integrate motivated cognition principles with organizational fairness literature to examine how personal goals and motivations influence subjective perceptions of fairness.

March 9, 2017Journal of Applied Psychology

Motivated cognition and fairness: Insights, integration, and creating a path forward.

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LBLaurie J. Barclay MBMichael Ramsay Bashshur MFMarion Fortin

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Conceptual review reveals how internal goals and motivated cognition shape subjective fairness perceptions, indicating new directions for organizational and social psychology research.

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Integrate motivated cognition principles with organizational fairness literature to examine how personal goals and motivations influence subjective perceptions of fairness.
Conducted an integrative conceptual review synthesizing theoretical frameworks and empirical research on fairness perceptions and motivated cognition.
Analyzed the distinction between directional goals and accuracy goals in shaping how individuals actively process information.
Demonstrates that fairness perceptions are actively constructed through subjective information processing driven by personal motivations rather than passive objective evaluation.
Delineates how directional goals bias perceptions toward self-serving or preferred outcomes, whereas accuracy goals foster more balanced evaluations.
Establishes a unified conceptual framework and research agenda to guide future empirical investigations into motivated fairness processes.

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Barclay et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8bef67f8241cb45bfb762e https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000204

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March 9, 2017Journal of Applied Psychology

Motivated cognition and fairness: Insights, integration, and creating a path forward.

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LBLaurie J. Barclay MBMichael Ramsay Bashshur MFMarion Fortin

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Conceptual review reveals how internal goals and motivated cognition shape subjective fairness perceptions, indicating new directions for organizational and social psychology research.

Key Points

Integrate motivated cognition principles with organizational fairness literature to examine how personal goals and motivations influence subjective perceptions of fairness.
Conducted an integrative conceptual review synthesizing theoretical frameworks and empirical research on fairness perceptions and motivated cognition.
Analyzed the distinction between directional goals and accuracy goals in shaping how individuals actively process information.
Demonstrates that fairness perceptions are actively constructed through subjective information processing driven by personal motivations rather than passive objective evaluation.
Delineates how directional goals bias perceptions toward self-serving or preferred outcomes, whereas accuracy goals foster more balanced evaluations.
Establishes a unified conceptual framework and research agenda to guide future empirical investigations into motivated fairness processes.

Cite This Study

Barclay et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8bef67f8241cb45bfb762e https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000204

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