Publications [#291340] of Blair H. Sheppard

Journal Articles

1. Sheppard, BH; Saunders, DM; Minton, JW, Procedural Justice From the Third-Party Perspective, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 54 no. 4 (January, 1988), pp. 629-637, American Psychological Association (APA), ISSN 0022-3514 [doi]
   (last updated on 2023/06/01)

   Abstract:
   We examined the effect of a concern for fairness on the dispute intervention behavior of lay third parties. Three hundred subjects, including parents, students, and managers, participated in structured interviews probing their most recent intervention in a dispute. Results suggest that lay third parties are particularly likely to vary their behavior at the early stages of the dispute resolution process as a function of their concern for fairness. However, the particular activities on which third parties with a high concern for fairness focus appear to vary as a function of the type of dispute in which they are involved. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.