Response to restrictive policies: Reconciling system justification and psychological reactance
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- 作者：Kristin Laurin ; Aaron C. Kay ; Devon Proudfoot ; Gavan J. Fitzsimons
- 关键词：System justification ; Psychological reactance ; Dual process models ; Cognitive resources ; Restrictive policy
- 刊名：Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
- 出版年：November, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：122
- 期：2
- 页码：152-162
- 全文大小：544 K
文摘
Here we propose a dual process model to reconcile two contradictory predictions about how people respond to restrictive policies imposed upon them by organizations and systems within which they operate. When participants鈥?attention was not drawn to the restrictive nature of the policy, or when it was, but their cognitive resources were restricted, we found evidence supporting a prediction based on System Justification Theory: Participants reacted favorably to restrictive policies, endorsing them and downplaying the importance of the restricted freedom. Only when we cued participants to focus their undivided attention on the restrictive nature of the policy did we find evidence supporting a prediction based on psychological reactance: Only then did participants display reactance and respond negatively to the policies.