The stability and fragility of fairness : how individual concerns for justice affect human perception, emotion, and behavior

This dissertation addresses human decision making in justice-related contexts. Experiments involving second and third party fairness situations as well as consumer psychological contexts show how people care about justice. Further, individual difference measures (justice sensitivity) help to distentangle stable and fragile fairness concerns of individuals. The results shed light on why and when people behave fair and about boundary conditions. Also, real-world applications are discussed.