Fairness for All? The Limits of Procedural Justice

This study investigates whether cultural collectivism moderates the impact of perceived procedural justice (PPJ) on compliance among asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Using data from the ‘Legasy’ project, the results found no significant effect of PPJ on compliance, as well as no significant moderating effect of collectivism. Additionally, the effects of perceived institutional legitimacy (PIL) and perceived distributive justice (PDJ) were also investigated in an exploratory manner. Whereas no significant effects were shown for PIL, the exploration found that PDJ was a significant predictor of compliance, with collectivism significantly negatively moderating this relationship. The broader implications of these findings for normative theories of compliance are discussed at length in the final sections of this paper.