Preface

Concerns about justice and fairness are ubiquitous within and between communities, social groups, organizations, and states. People are concerned with the fairness of how decisions are made, how benefits and burdens are allocated, and how they are treated by authorities. All of these concerns play out when people interact in groups. Yet, the majority of organizational justice research has focused on how individual perceivers experience justice. This volume attempts to draw much needed attention to the study of justice in groups, by introducing cutting-edge theorizing at the intersection of fairness and groups. The chapters in this volume were first presented at the 13th annual conference on Research on Managing Groups and Teams. We thank the conference attendees for the stimulating discussion they provided at the conference, and we thank the authors for their thoughtful contributions to this volume.