Procedural justice, outcome favorability and trust in authority are important psychological antecedents of attitudes and behaviors. This study tries to apply social psychology approach to the field of public administration on topic of procedural justice, through cross-sectional survey, scenario and experiment, to investigate the interaction between procedural justice and outcome favorability on acceptance of public policy and satisfaction with government, and further explore trust in authority’s moderating effect on the interaction. The results indicated that: First, procedural justice will promote people’s acceptance of public policy (vote for public policy) and satisfaction with government. The fairer the public policy making process, the higher level of acceptance of public policy (vote for public policy) and satisfaction with government people will show. Second, outcome favorability will promote people’s acceptance of public policy (vote for public policy) and satisfaction with government. The more favorable the outcome, the higher level of acceptance of public policy (vote for public policy) and satisfaction with government people will show. Third, procedural justice and outcome favorability will interact to promote people’s acceptance of public policy (vote for public policy) and satisfaction with government. More precisely, compared to the favorable outcome, procedural justice will have higher impact on people’s acceptance of public policy (vote for public policy) and satisfaction with government when the outcome is unfavorable. Fourth, trust in authority will promote people’s acceptance of public policy and satisfaction with government. The higher level of trust in authority, the higher level of acceptance of public policy and satisfaction with government people will show. Finally, under different levels of trust, procedural justice and outcome favorability will impact people’s acceptance of public policy and satisfaction with government differently. For the high level of trust, procedural justice and outcome favorability will interact with each other; while for the low level of trust, the interaction between procedural justice and outcome favorability will disappear. This study tries to extend procedural justice in organizational management to the field of public administration, and firstly explore trust in authority’s moderating effect on the interaction between procedural justice and outcome favorability. It has a strong theoretical and practical significance. Theoretically, this study enriches the boundary conditions of procedural justice - outcome favorability, and provides a basis for further exploring the mechanism of the interaction between procedural justice and outcome favorability. Practically, it also provides a basis for improving public satisfaction and the effective implementation of public policies.
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