A Study On The Relationship Between Group Identity And Procedural Justice Under The Principle Of Conformity

This paper synthesized domestic and international research conclusions about social identity and procedural justice research, by neatening the related theory and psychological effects, revealing the theoretical foundation, research methods and research significance. On these foundations, this study used experimental method with the self-compiled small-story about the principle of consistency, justice judgment questionnaires and the group identity questionnaires, taking more than300college students in Nanjing as subjects, examining the relationships among procedural justice, identity and the principle of consistency. The purpose is to explore cross-cultural applicability of the principle of consistency, to discussion the relationship between procedural justice and social identity, to explore the situational variables about the procedural justice in China. The results showed:First, there is universal idea of justice. That is to say, the principle of consistency of procedural justice is suitable for Chinese people.Second, the situation affects the procedural justice. In the consistency condition, namely fair conditions, there are no significant differences between the procedural justice of team or personal situation. In the inconsistency condition, namely unfair conditions, there are significant differences between the procedural justice of the two situations. Compared with team context, there are less perceived justice in personal context.Third, there is a two-way relationship between group identity and procedural justice under certain conditions. On the one hand, justice will affect the identity of the individual to the group. More justice, people will have higher identity to groups. Conversely, less justice, people will have lower identity to groups. On the other hand, the identity will affect the perceived justice in the particular conditions. When individuals are in uncertain conditions which is no explicit fairness clues, identity will act as evocator of justice. A higher degree of identity will lead to higher perceived justice while a lower degree of identity will lead to lower perceived justice.