The influence of decision power on distributive fairness

Julian Rode (julian.rode@uab.cat) and Marc Le Menestrel (marc.lemenestrel@insead.edu)
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Julian Rode: Department of Business Economics - UAB - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona = Autonomous University of Barcelona = Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

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Abstract: We study the influence of decision power on fairness in the division of gains from productive activity. In an experimental setting, two actors are involved in generating a gain, but only one contributes actively by completing a task. In three treatments, decision power to divide the gain is assigned to (1) the inactive, (2) both the inactive and the active, (3) the active participant. Results show that changes in decision power not only affect allocations in accordance with previous research, but that they also alter fairness perceptions. In particular, full decision power significantly enhances self-serving interpretations of fairness. We discuss implications for organizational design.

Keywords: fairness; experiments; power; self-serving bias; organizational design; C91; D33; D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-07-31
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Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011, 79 (3), pp.246. ⟨10.1016/j.jebo.2011.02.003⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.02.003

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