公平敏感性是基于对Adams公平理论的批评提出来的,反映的是人们在公平问题上的个体差异性。该文首先对公平敏感性概念的提出与修正进行了回顾,并介绍了公平敏感性的测量方法和分类标准;然后分析了公平敏感性对于结果变量的直接及调节效应,个人及社会文化因素对公平敏感性的影响,并介绍了公平敏感性的跨文化比较;最后指出该领域未来的研究应着重澄清对概念理解的差异,改进分类标准,加强对公平敏感性影响因素以及中国人公平敏感性的研究。
Adams' equity theory was criticized as it did not take the individual differences into consideration, so, Huseman proposed a new construct: equity sensitivity. It was defined as the different preference of distributive fairness, and three kinds of people was classified: benevolent, equity sensitive and entitled. King refined the construct of equity sensitivity, proposed that it refer to the different tolerance of inequitable events. Many research showed that equity sensitivity had direct and moderating effects on outcome variables, such as performance, OCB, turnover intention. Personal and social factors could influence equity sensitivity effectively. At last, the problems of equity sensitivity research and research orientation were provided, for example, the definition of equity sensitivity should be clarified, the standard of three kinds of equity sensitivity should be refined, the research of influence factors and the research of Chinese equity sensitivity should be given more attention in the future.