Significant Predictors of Soccer Players’ Moral Functioning from Components of Contextual Injustice, Sensitivity to Injustice and Moral Atmosphere

Abstract

This study analysed the effects of contextual injustice on the moral functioning of soccer players with two goals: (1) to identify the factors of contextual injustice, moral atmosphere and sensitivity to injustice that significantly predict moral functioning and (2) to test the hypothesis that sensitivity to injustice has an effect only in unjust contexts. Three hundred players (from 16 to 40 years old) participated in the study. The analyses indicated a negative and significant effect of contextual injustice on moral functioning. Sensitivity to injustice was, like moral atmosphere, one of the best predictors of moral functioning. Moreover, sensitivity to injustice was a significant predictor of moral functioning in both just and unjust contexts.

Multifoci effects of injustice on counterproductive work behaviors and the moderating roles of symbolization and victim sensitivity

“…We examined and found support for this hypothesis in both Study 2 and Study 3 using samples of full-time employees in the work context. Whereas a prior study (Faccenda et al, 2009) using a soccer game scenario reports that those high in victim sensitivity indicate greater levels of intent to retaliate in response to unfairness, our findings are the first we know of to demonstrate this pattern in field settings and when assessing the CWBs of employees.…”

“…In the context of a common goods dilemma, Gollwitzer, Rothmund, Pfeiffer, and Ensenbach () found that those high in victim sensitivity were less likely to cooperate when others had violated rules of fairness. In a scenario study of soccer players, Faccenda, Pantaléon, and Reynes () found that those higher in victim sensitivity reported greater levels of intent to engage in hostile, aggressive behaviors in response to biased referee decisions.…”

Analysis of the relationships between sensitivity to injustice, principles of justice and belief in a just world

“…Similar results were shown concerning solidarity. In the sports context, Faccenda et al (2009) showed that people sensitive on the victim dimension considered aggressive behaviour to be acceptable, tended to engage more often in such behaviour and confirmed that they would continue to adopt such behaviour. People strongly sensitive on the observer and beneficiary dimensions made the opposite judgements.…”

“…Indeed, it has been described as a major variable in explaining transgressions, independently of the context taken into account (school context : Paicheler, 2001;Caillet, 2006; work context: Baron et al, 1999;Ambrose et al, 2002: sports context: Greenberg et al, 1985;Faccenda et al, 2009). In the school context, Caillet (2006) showed that the injustice perceived by students can prompt them to adopt violent behaviour in several situations.…”

Life Satisfaction and Job-Seeking Behavior of the Unemployed: The Effect of Individual Differences in Justice Sensitivity

“…Perpetrator‐sensitive individuals generally score high on other prosocial dimensions of personality, such as tender‐mindedness, modesty, straightforwardness (a moral component of agreeableness), and dutifulness, whereas victim‐sensitive individuals score high on antisocial personality traits such as Machiavellianism, jealousy, and vengeance (Schmitt et al., ; Schmitt et al., ). Broadly speaking, victim sensitivity captures quite self‐oriented justice concerns, including fear of exploitation, suspicion of others' trustworthiness, reduced willingness to cooperate, and antisocial behavioral tendencies (Faccenda, Pantaléon, & Reynes, ; Gollwitzer, Rothmund, Alt, & Jekel, ; Gollwitzer, Rothmund, Pfeiffer, & Ensenbach, ; Gollwitzer et al., ; Rothmund, Gollwitzer, & Klimmt, ). In contrast, perpetrator sensitivity represents other‐related justice concerns.…”