Chapter 5: Was I Unfair?: Antecedents and Consequences of Managerial Perspective Taking in a Predicament of Injustice

Consider the following scenario:

Professor Sharon Davis is the chair of the management department at a small mid-western university. The management department she oversees includes faculty representing the three related specialty areas of organizational behavior, strategy, and organization theory. There are only nine faculty in the department and these nine are dispersed equally across the three sub-groups. Professor Davis is one of the three faculty members with a background in organizational behavior, generally, however her expertise lies specifically within the topic area of leadership. Although she is quite well-published, her interests (and expertise) fall narrowly within this area. Davis was recently promoted to full professor and this is her first year serving as chair.