Disputes in Japan: A cross-cultural test of the procedural justice model |
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Authors: | Ikuo Sugawara Yuen J Huo |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan;(2) University of California, 94720 Berkeley, California;(3) Faculty of Administration and Social Science, Fukushima University, 2 Sugumichi, Asakawa, 960-12 Matsukawa, Fukushima, Japan;(4) Department of Psychology, University of California, 94720 Berkeley, California |
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Abstract: | Research on procedural justice has provided ample evidence that people are concerned not only with the outcome of disputes
but also with the fairness of the procedures used to resolve disputes. The majority of the studies examining the importance
of procedural justice have been conducted in the United States and Western European countries. This study tests the generality
of the procedural justice model by examining the importance of fair procedures to people in a non-Western country, Japan.
This study also examines the meaning of a fair procedure from a legal perspective. Past studies have drawn the procedural
justice criteria considered from social psychology. We examine several additional criteria derived from the legal concept
of due process of law. Results indicate that fair procedures are more important to subjects than fair outcomes in both a traffic
accident dispute and a breach of contract case. Furthermore, across both types of disputes, fairness concerns are more important
than nonfairness concerns. These results are consistent with findings from studies conducted in Western countries. A new finding
that emerges from the study is that the clarity with which a procedure is formulated and presented is a strong determinant
of procedural justice judgments. |
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Keywords: | procedural justice due process cross culture Japan process control |
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