Emeritus Prof Norman Feather

Phone:	work+61 8 82012524
Email:	norman.feather@flinders.edu.au
Location:	Social Sciences North (341)
Postal address:	GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Qualifications

B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A. (Hons.), Ph.D., Hon. D. Litt (UNE), F.A.P.S., F.A.S.S.A.

Research and consultancy

Research interests

My general interests are in social psychology and human motivation. My current research is mainly concerned with the social psychology of justice. In particular I am interested in developing a structural model of deservingness, in investigating differences between deservingness and entitlement, and in analysing variables that influence judgments of legitimacy. I also conduct research on "tall poppies" or high achievers, focusing in recent research on cognitive judgments of deservingness and the emotions of envy and resentment as variables that may determine whether or not a tall poppy is cut down to size and affective reactions of schadenfreude and sympathy and to a tall poppies fall.

Publications

Refereed journal articles

De Castella, K., Platow, M.J., Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., & Feather, N.T., 2011. Retribution or restoration? Anglo-Australian's views towards domestic violence involving Muslim and Anglo-Australian victims and offenders. Psychology Crime and Law, 17(5), 403-420.

Feather, N.T., McKee, I.R., & Bekker, N.B., 2011. Deservingness and emotions: Testing a structural model that relates discrete emotions to the perceived deservingness of positive or negative outcomes. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION, 35, 1-13.

Strelan, P.G., Feather, N.T., & McKee, I.R., 2011. Retributive and inclusive justice goals and forgiveness: The influence of motivational values. Social Justice Research, 24, 126-142.

Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2010. Justice through consensus: Shared identity and the preference for a restorative notion of justice. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 909-930.

Feather, N.T. & McKee, I.R., 2009. Differentiating emotions in relation to deserved or undeserved outcomes: a retrospective study of real-life events. Cognition and Emotion, 23(5), 955-977.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Feather, N.T., 2009. Beyond retribution: Conceptualizing restorative justice and exploring its determinants. Social Justice Research, 22(1), 156-180.

Feather, N.T., 2008. Effects of observer's own status on reactions to a high achiever's failure: deservingness, resentment, schadenfreude, and sympathy. Australian Journal of Psychology, 60(1), 31-43.

Feather, N.T., 2008. Perceived legitimacy of a promotion decision in relation to deservingness, entitlement, and resentment in the context of affirmative action and performance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38(5), 1230-1254.

McKee, I.R. & Feather, N.T., 2008. Revenge, retribution, and values: social attitudes and punitive sentencing. Social Justice Research, 21(2), 138-163.

Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2008. Retributive and restorative justice. Law and Human Behaviour, 32(5), 375-389.

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Refereed journal articles

Strelan, P.G., Feather, N.T., & McKee, I.R., 2011. Retributive and inclusive justice goals and forgiveness: The influence of motivational values. Social Justice Research, 24, 126-142.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Feather, N.T., 2009. Beyond retribution: Conceptualizing restorative justice and exploring its determinants. Social Justice Research, 22(1), 156-180.

Feather, N.T. & McKee, I.R., 2009. Differentiating emotions in relation to deserved or undeserved outcomes: a retrospective study of real-life events. Cognition and Emotion, 23(5), 955-977.

Strelan, P.G., Feather, N.T., & McKee, I.R., 2008. Justice and forgiveness: experimental evidence for compatibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46(6), 1538-1544.

Schermer, J.A., Feather, N.T., Zhu, G., & Martin, N.G., 2008. Phenotypic, genetic and environmental properties of the portrait values questionnaire. Twin Research & Human Genetics, 11(5), 531-537.

McKee, I.R. & Feather, N.T., 2008. Revenge, retribution, and values: social attitudes and punitive sentencing. Social Justice Research, 21(2), 138-163.

Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2008. Retributive and restorative justice. Law and Human Behaviour, 32(5), 375-389.

Feather, N.T. & McKee, I.R., 2008. Values and prejudice: predictors of attitudes towards Australian Aborigines. Australian Journal of Psychology, 60(2), 80-90.

Boeckmann, R.J. & Feather, N.T., 2007. Gender, Discrimination Beliefs, Group-Based Guilt, and Responses to Affirmative Action for Australian Women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31(3), 290-304.

Feather, N.T. & Boeckmann, R.J., 2007. Beliefs about gender discrimination in the workplace in the context of affirmative action: Effects of gender and ambivalent attitudes in an Australian sample. Sex Roles, 57(1-2), 31-42.

Skinner, N.J., Feather, N.T., Freeman, T.A., & Roche, A.M., 2007. Stigma and discrimination in health-care provision to drug users: The role of values, affect and deservingness judgments. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37(1), 163-186.

Feather, N.T., 2006. Deservingness and emotions: Applying the structural model of deservingness to the analysis of affective reactions to outcomes. European Review of Social Psychology, 17, 38-73.

Feather, N.T. & Nairn, K., 2005. Resentment, envy, schadenfreude, and sympathy: effects of own and other's deserved or undeserved status. Australian Journal of Psychology, 57(2), 87-102.

Feather, N.T., 2005. Social psychology in Australia: past and present. International Journal of Psychology, 40(4), 263-276.

Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., De Witte, H., & Feather, N.T., 2005. Understanding unemployed people's job search behaviour, unemployment experience and well-being: a comparison of expectancy-value theory and self-determination theory. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44(2), 269-287.

Feather, N.T. & Rauter, K., 2004. Organizational citizenship behaviours in relation to job status, job insecurity, organizational commitment and identification, job satisfaction and work values. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 77(1), 81-94.

Feather, N.T., 2004. Value correlates of ambivalent attitudes towards gender relations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(1), 3-12.

Feather, N.T., 2003. Distinguishing between deservingness and entitlement: earned outcomes versus lawful outcomes. European Journal of Social Psychology, 33(3), 367-385.

Astill, B.R., Feather, N.T., & Keeves, J.P., 2002. A multilevel analysis of the effects of parents, teachers and schools on student values. Social Psychology of Education, 5(4), 345-362.

Feather, N.T. & Sherman, R., 2002. Envy, resentment, schadenfreude, and sympathy: reactions to deserved and undeserved achievement and subsequent failure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(7), 953-961.

Feather, N.T. & Souter, J., 2002. Reactions to mandatory sentences in relation to the ethnic identity and criminal history of the offender. Law and Human Behaviour, 26(4), 417-438.

Feather, N.T., 2002. Reactions to supporters and opponents of uranium mining in relation to status, attitude similarity, and right-wing authoritarianism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32(7), 1464-1487.

Feather, N.T., 2002. Some issues for research on the psychology of work and unemployment: Comments on the Australian Psychological Society discussion paper. Australian Psychologist, 37(1), 10-12.

Feather, N.T., 2002. Values and value dilemmas in relation to judgments concerning outcomes of an industrial conflict. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(4), 446-459.

Crandall, C.S., D'Anello, S., Sakalli, N., Lazarus, E., Wieczorkowska, G., & Feather, N.T., 2001. An Attribution-Value Model of Prejudice: Anti-Fat Attitudes in Six Nations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(1), 30-37.

Feather, N.T. & Johnstone, C.E., 2001. Social Norms, Entitlement and Deservedness: Differential Reactions to Aggressive Behaviour of Schizophrenic amd Personality Disorder Patients. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(6), 755-767.

Feather, N.T., Boeckmann, R.J., & McKee, I.R., 2001. Jail Sentence, Community Service or Compensation?: Predicting Reactions to a Serious Corporate Offence. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53(2), 92-102.

Feather, N.T., Boeckmann, R.J., & McKee, I.R., 2001. Reactions to an Offence in Relation to Authoritarianism, Knowledge About Risk, and Freedom of Action. European Journal of Social Psychology, 31(2), 109-126.

Book chapters

Feather, N.T., 2005. Values, religion and motivation. In Advances in Motivation and Achievement: Motivation and Religion. Oxford, UK: JAI Press, pp. 35-73.

Feather, N.T., 2003. Values and deservingness in the context of organizations. In Emerging Perspectives on Values in Organizations. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, pp. 33-66.

Feather, N.T., 2002. Deservingness, entitlement and reactions to outcomes. In The Justice Motive in Everyday Life. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 334-349.

Conference publications

Feather, N.T., 2011. Tall poppies, deservingness and schadenfreude. 46th Annual Meeting of the Australian Psychological Society, Canberra, Australia.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2010. Retributive and restorative conceptualizations of justice and preferences for conflict management. 70th Annual Conference for the Academy of Management.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Feather, N.T., 2010. Conceptualizing retributive and restorative justice. Conference of the Empirical Legal Studies.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2009. Retributive versus restorative conceptualizations of justice and preferences for conflict management. 69th Annual Conference for the Academy of Management.

Platow, M.J., Perussich, S.J., Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., & Feather, N.T., 2008. Pursuing restorative and retributive justice: effects of offender group membership. The 12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Feather, N.T., 2008. Conceptualizing retributive and restorative notions of justice. The 12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Feather, N.T., 2008. Conceptualising retributive and restorative notions of justice: Personality, values, and preferences for judicial policy. 37th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists.

McKee, I.R. & Feather, N.T., 2008. Unforgiven: Transgressor related emotions in forgiveness situations. 12th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.

McKee, I.R. & Feather, N.T., 2008. Transgressor reactions to forgiveness outcomes. Program Schedule for the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice Research, ISJR 2008, 9-9.

Feather, N.T., 2008. Perceived legitimacy in relation to deservingness, entitlement, and resentment. 12th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.

Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2008. Shared identity and restorative justice. The 12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.

Feather, N.T. & McKee, I.R., 2008. Deservingness and discrete emotions. The 12th Bienniel Conference of teh International Society for Justice Research (ISJR 2008), Program Schedule.

Feather, N.T., 2007. Deservingness and Emotions. SASP: Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 36th Annual Conference.

Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., Platow, M.J., Prouse, N., & Sugden, C., 2007. The effects of salient power and value violations on preferences for retributive and restorative practices. 3rd International Congress of Psychology and Law.

Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., & Feather, N.T., 2007. A social-psychological conception of restorative justice. 3rd International Congress of Psychology and Law, 20-20.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2007. Retributive versus restorative justice: Shared identify and preferences for justice responses. New Theoretical Directions in Justice and Identity.

McKee, I.R. & Feather, N.T., 2006. Sentencing goals, human values and punitive personality types:. 11th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Justice Research.

Feather, N.T., 2006. Perceived legitimacy in relation to deservingness, entitlement and resentment in the context of affirmative action and performance. 35th Annual Conference of Australasian Social Psychologists.

Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2006. Retributive and restorative justice. Knowledge, Action and the public concern: 66th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2006. Retributive versus restorative justice: shared identity and the underlying concerns about a transgression. 11th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Justice Research.

Feather, N.T., 2003. Tall poppies and Schadenfreude [Abstract]. 32nd annual meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists in Australian journal of psychology, 55(Supp. 2003).

Feather, N.T., 2003. Emotions and justice: affective reactions to deserved and undeserved outcomes [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 55(2003).

McKee, I.R. & Feather, N.T., 2003. Vengeance and authoritarianism: the pattern of motivational values underlying punitive personality types and punishment goals [Abstract]. 32nd annual meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists in Australian Journal of Psychology, 55(Supp. 2003).

Feather, N.T., 2002. Distinguishing between deservingness and entitlement: earned outcomes versus lawful outcomes. Australian Journal of Psychology, 54(2), 116-116.

Feather, N.T., 2002. Envy, resentment, schadenfreude, and sympathy: reactions to deserved and undeserved achievement and subsequent failure. The IXth international social justice conference: Book of abstracts, 31-31.

Feather, N.T. & Souter, J., 2001. Reactions to Madatory Sentences in Relation to the Ethnic Identity and Criminal History of the Offenders. Australian Journal of Psychology.

Other public research outputs

Feather, N.T. & Rauter, K., 2006. Organisational citizenship behaviours in relation to job status, job insecurity, organisation commitment and identification, job satisfaction and work values. Unemployment and Health: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 167-179.

Feather, N.T., 2006. Perceived legitimacy in relation to deservingness, entitlement and resentment in the context of affirmative action and performance. 11th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Justice Research.

Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2006. Retributive and restorative justice. 35th Annual Conference for the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists.

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Professional and community engagement

Expertise for media contact

Justice social psychology of justice, deservingness and entitlement
Values Australian values, cross-cultural research
Motivation achievement motivation
Envy, Resentment, Schadenfreude emotions relating to status and injustice
Unemployment psychological impact, use of time
Attitudes tall poppy attitudes, work ethic, cultural cringe
Prejudice sexism, modern racism
Gender affirmative action, gender attitudes

Subject/s

Australia
Culture
Employment
Justice
Motivation
Psychology
Values

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