Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
The study aims to clarify and understand the role that gender has on perceptions of justice through placement of blame and emotion. The Appraisal Tendency Framework explains how emotion impacts judgements, and the fairness theory explores how blame placement affects perceptions of justice. This research explores the impact of gender on both models. This study will utilize a 2 (emotional induction) x 2 (gender of actor) design. In the emotional induction portion, participants will view clips from movies to induce either sadness or anger. Following the video clip, all participants will be asked to write about a time they either experienced sadness or anger for their respective conditions. All participants will then take the PANAS-X to evaluate the effectiveness of the emotion inductions. In the gender of actor portion of the study, participants will view a short clip of either a male or female professor signing student scholarship checks. It will be clear that one student is under rewarded and one student is over rewarded; although, it is unclear if this difference was intentional. Participants will then rate the degree of blame attributed to the professor and their perception of fairness of the events in the video. Understanding how gender impacts perceptions of justice may help organizations understand how to better ensure perceived justice in the workplace.
Date
10-24-2020
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
poster
Included in
Gender and Sexuality Commons, Industrial and Organizational Psychology Commons, Work, Economy and Organizations Commons
Appraisal-Tendency Framework and Gender: A Moderator in the Emotions and Judgement Process
The study aims to clarify and understand the role that gender has on perceptions of justice through placement of blame and emotion. The Appraisal Tendency Framework explains how emotion impacts judgements, and the fairness theory explores how blame placement affects perceptions of justice. This research explores the impact of gender on both models. This study will utilize a 2 (emotional induction) x 2 (gender of actor) design. In the emotional induction portion, participants will view clips from movies to induce either sadness or anger. Following the video clip, all participants will be asked to write about a time they either experienced sadness or anger for their respective conditions. All participants will then take the PANAS-X to evaluate the effectiveness of the emotion inductions. In the gender of actor portion of the study, participants will view a short clip of either a male or female professor signing student scholarship checks. It will be clear that one student is under rewarded and one student is over rewarded; although, it is unclear if this difference was intentional. Participants will then rate the degree of blame attributed to the professor and their perception of fairness of the events in the video. Understanding how gender impacts perceptions of justice may help organizations understand how to better ensure perceived justice in the workplace.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology