Good, the Bad, and the Just

Dr Riël Vermunt is Associate Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He has authored and co-authored many articles and chapters on justice and co-edited several volumes in English and Dutch. He is one of the founders of the International Society of Social Justice Research and is the recipient of the International Society for Justice Research lifetime achievement award for 2014. In 1987 he founded the Dutch journal Gedrag en Organisatie (Behavior and Organization).

• The Good, the Bad, and the Just

Prize: Riël Vermunt holds the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014, awarded by The International Society for Justice Research (ISJR). ’Riël Vermunt’s book provides a thoughtful explanation of our understanding of the psychology of fairness, as it has emerged over the last half-century, and it gives an exciting new perspective on how and why people act fairly (or unfairly). It is a wonderful work for anyone interested in the topic.’ E. Allan Lind, Duke University, USA ’What do people think is just? How do ideas of justice shape actual allocations? What is the magnitude of the injustice associated with specified discrepancies between the actual reward and the just reward? What are the reactions to injustice? In this broad-ranging and stimulating book, Riel Vermunt addresses these questions, examining the three protagonists in justice processes - allocator, rewardee, observer - the goods and bads that are allocated, and the unfolding of the sense of justice. The pages are alive with the thoughts, sentiments, and actions of the justice life.’ Guillermina Jasso, New York University, USA