The Influence of Respect/Violation of Norms of Justice on Selfpappraisal

Justice is one of the criteria which people rely on in evaluation of events taking place around them. For this purpose they use a number of norms which regulate reward distribution, the process of decision making and relations between participants. If an event meets a norm then it is evaluated as fair. The respect/violation of such norms influences self-appraisal. The given research has demonstrated that people who recalled their own unfair acts appraised themselves higher in comparison with those who recalled their fair acts. Justice violation in interpersonal relations had a greater influence on self-appraisal then in business and educational settings. And finally, the violation of different norms of justice was differently connected with self.appraisal.