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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, K
dc.contributor.authorTyler, TR
dc.contributor.authorCurtis, A
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:53:28Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:53:28Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2011-06-08T06:43:57Z
dc.identifier.issn1748-5983
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1748-5991.2009.01043.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/39091
dc.description.abstractProcedural justice generally enhances an authority's legitimacy and encourages people to comply with an authority's decisions and rules. We argue, however, that previous research on procedural justice and legitimacy has examined legitimacy in a limited way by focusing solely on the perceived legitimacy of authorities and ignoring how people may perceive the legitimacy of the laws and rules they enforce. In addition, no research to date has examined how such perceptions of legitimacy may moderate the effect of procedural justice on compliance behavior. Using survey data collected across three different regulatory contexts - taxation (Study 1), social security (Study 2), and law enforcement (Study 3) - the findings suggest that one's perceptions of the legitimacy of the law moderates the effect of procedural justice on compliance behaviors; procedural justice is more important for shaping compliance behaviors when people question the legitimacy of the laws than when they accept them as legitimate. An explanation of these findings using a social distancing framework is offered, along with a discussion of the implications the findings have on enforcement.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto26
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalRegulation & Governance
dc.relation.ispartofvolume3
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw and society and socio-legal research
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode480405
dc.titleNurturing regulatory compliance: Is procedural justice effective when people question the legitimacy of the law?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMurphy, Kristina


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