摘要：Despite a growing body of research on the relationship between justice and perceptions
of an authority’s legitimacy, few studies have addressed the effects of changes in justice
on perceived legitimacy. In the present study, we tested a dynamic model emphasizing
the interactive influences of both interpersonal justice trajectories and current experience
predicting perceived legitimacy. We tested the trajectory of interpersonal justice over
time as a predictor of perceived legitimacy (Study 1) and the current experience of justice
as a moderator of this link (Study 2). In Study 1 participants were randomly assigned to
receive either improving or declining feedback from an anonymous tutor over the course
of four days. Results showed that participants with an improving trajectory perceived the
authority to have higher legitimacy. In Study 2 participants rated the tutor’s fairness on 3
consecutive weeks, which were used to identify naturally interpersonal trajectories; we
then manipulated the current interpersonal justice experience in the fourth week. Results
showed that the trajectory effect was significant when the current experience was just,
but not when it was unjust.
关键词：perceived legitimacy; interpersonal justice/fairness; trajectory; current experience; dynamic
