More than fair: Outcome dependence, system justification, and the perceived legitimacy of authority figures

By J. Toorn, Tom Tyler, John T. Jost. 2011

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Social psychological perspectives on the legitimation of social inequality: Past, present and future (2013, unknown): “In a series of studies conducted in educational, political, and legal settings, van der Toorn, Tyler, and Jost (2011) found that the more individuals experienced outcome dependence with respect to a given authority figure, the more legitimacy they ascribed to him or her, and the more deference they…”
A quarter century of system justification theory: Questions, answers, criticisms, and societal applications (2018, background): “…system-supporting conclusions (Haines & Jost, 2000; Hennes, Ruisch, Feygina, Monteiro, & Jost, 2016; Ledgerwood, Mandisodza, Jost, & Pohl, 2011; van der Toorn et al., 2011); and (5) people are willing to expend behavioural effort in order to maintain the legitimacy of the socio-economic system…”
A sense of powerlessness fosters system justification: Implications for the legitimation of authority, hierarchy, and government (2015, unknown): “Thus, to the extent that people feel highly dependent on or powerless within a given social system, they should be strongly motivated to defend and justify it (van der Toorn, Tyler, & Jost, 2011).”
Language Matters: Status Loss and Achieved Status Distinctions in Global Organizations (2013, background): “…theory, for example, holds that low-status group members tend to support existing social arrangements as a means of reducing uncertainty and maintaining a sense of shared reality, even if those arrangements do not benefit them (Jost and Banaji 1994, Jost et al. 2004, van der Toorn et al. 2011).”