(In)justice in academia: procedural fairness, students' academic identification, and perceived legitimacy of university authorities.

ABSTRACT: A considerable body of literature has documented the significance of fair treatment in terms of generating trust towards decision-makers across different institutional contexts. It has also been demonstrated that even young children are sensitive to procedural justice, and that experiences of both fairness and unfairness help shape young people's wider attitudes towards authority. In this paper, we seek to extend these findings into the academic context. We use data from two separate studies of university students in Poland. In study 1 (N = 315), using a survey to capture students' actual experiences, we find that fair treatment was a stronger predictor of perceived legitimacy of university authorities than were fair outcomes. In study 2 (N = 751), also using a survey of a na

SUBMITTER: Glowczewski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9360702 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature