Flinders University
Dr Michael Wenzel
Dr
Michael
Wenzel
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/michael.wenzel
| Position/s: | Academic Staff School of Psychology |
| Phone: | +61 8 82012274 |
| Email: | michael.wenzel@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Social Sciences North (365) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Qualifications
Dipl. Psych., Ph.D. (Münster, Germany)
Key responsibilities
Honours coordinator
Teaching
Teaching interests
Social psychology, psychology of justice, intergroup relations
Research and consultancy
Research interests
My main research interests in social psychology relate to issues of justice and fairness, intergroup relations, and compliance with laws and regulations. In the area of justice, my focus has recently been on justice motives after transgressions and victimization, and the role that punishment, revenge, apologies and forgiveness play in the restoration of a sense of justice. In the area of intergroup relations, I am particularly interested in how superordinate identities that encompass two groups affect the quality of their relationship, the degree of hostility or discrimination between the groups and, conversely, the prospect of tolerance and acceptance of difference. In the area of compliance, I am interested in the role of fairness perceptions, social identity, attributions of legitimacy to regulators and law enforcement agencies, and the interaction between norms and law.
Postgraduate research supervision
Anne-Marie Coughlin
Project: Rumination, reflection and forgiveness
Lydia Woodyatt
Project: Self-forgiveness and restoration
Carmen Yap
Project: Why confess? Motivations underlying confessions
Potential PhD Projects:
PhD research topics can be negotiated in the broad areas of justice restoration and intergroup relations, including:
(1) the role of third parties in forgiveness processes
(2) intergroup apologies and reconciliation
(3) and the role of superordinate identity representation in intergroup contact effects.
Publications
Refereed journal articles
Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Feather, N.T., 2012. Retribution and restoration as general orientations towards justice. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, 26, 255-275.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2010. How acts of forgiveness restore a sense of justice: Addressing status/power and value concerns raised by transgressions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 401-417.
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.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2010. The symbolic identity implications of inter and intra-group transgressions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 552-562.
Wenzel, M., Turner, J.K., & Okimoto, T.G., 2010. Is forgiveness an outcome or initiator of sociocognitive processes: Rumination, empathy, and cognitive appraisals following a transgression. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(4), 369-377.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2009. Punishment as restoration of group and offender values following a transgression: value consensus through symbolic labelling and offender reform. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39(3), 346-367.
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.
Wenzel, M., Mummendey, A., & Waldzus, S., 2008. Superordinate identities and intergroup conflict: The ingroup projection model. European Review of Social Psychology, 18, 331-372.
Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2008. Retributive and restorative justice. Law and Human Behaviour, 32(5), 375-389.
Book chapters
Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Platow, M.J., 2010. Restorative Justice: Seeking a shared identity in dynamic intragroup contexts. In Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, pp. 205-242.
Refereed journal articles
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2012. The varying means of forgiveness: Relationship closeness moderates how forgiveness affects feelings of justice. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 420-431.
Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Feather, N.T., 2012. Retribution and restoration as general orientations towards justice. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY, 26, 255-275.
Hartner, M., Kubicek, B., Kirchler, E., Rechberger, S., & Wenzel, M., 2012. Perceived distributive fairness of European transfer payments and EU-taxes in Austria, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom. Applied Psychology - An International Review, 61(3), 454-478.
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.
Hartner, M., Rechberger, S., Kirchler, E., & Wenzel, M., 2011. Perceived distributive fairness of EU transfer payments, outcome favorability, identity, and EU-tax compliance. Law and Policy, 33(1), 60-81.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2011. The other side of perspective taking: Transgression ambiguity and victims' revenge against their offender. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2(4), 373-378.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2011. Third-party punishment and symbolic intragroup status. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(4), 709-718.
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.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2010. How acts of forgiveness restore a sense of justice: Addressing status/power and value concerns raised by transgressions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 401-417.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2010. The symbolic identity implications of inter and intra-group transgressions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 552-562.
Wenzel, M., Turner, J.K., & Okimoto, T.G., 2010. Is forgiveness an outcome or initiator of sociocognitive processes: Rumination, empathy, and cognitive appraisals following a transgression. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(4), 369-377.
Cooper, G.S. & Wenzel, M., 2009. Testing alternative legal paradigms: an experiment in designing tax legislation. Law and Social Enquiry, 34(1), 61-94.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2009. Punishment as restoration of group and offender values following a transgression: value consensus through symbolic labelling and offender reform. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39(3), 346-367.
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.
Wenzel, M., Mummendey, A., & Waldzus, S., 2008. Superordinate identities and intergroup conflict: The ingroup projection model. European Review of Social Psychology, 18, 331-372.
Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Feather, N.T., & Platow, M.J., 2008. Retributive and restorative justice. Law and Human Behaviour, 32(5), 375-389.
Wenzel, M., 2007. The multiplicity of taxpayer identities and their implications for tax ethics. Law and Policy, 29(1), 31-50.
McMillen, J. & Wenzel, M., 2006. Measuring problem gambling: assessment of three prevalence screens. International Gambling Studies, 6(2), 147-174.
Wenzel, M. & Jobling, P., 2006. Legitimacy of regulatory authorities as a function of inclusive identification and power over ingroups and outgroups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36(2), 239-258.
Wenzel, M. & Thielmann, I., 2006. Why we punish in the name of justice: just desert versus value restoration and the role of social identity. Social Justice Research, 19(4), 450-470.
Wenzel, M., 2006. A letter from the tax office: compliance effects of informational and interpersonal justice. Social Justice Research, 19(3), 345-364.
Waldzus, S., Mummendey, A., & Wenzel, M., 2005. When 'different' means 'worse': in-group prototypicality in changing intergroup contexts. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41(1), 76-83.
Wenzel, M., 2005. Motivation or rationalisation? Causal relations between ethics, norms and tax compliance. Journal of Economic Psychology, 26(4), 491-508.
Wenzel, M., 2005. Misperceptions of social norms about tax compliance: from theory to intervention. Journal of Economic Psychology, 26(6), 862-883.
Waldzus, S., Mummendey, A., Wenzel, M., & Boettcher, F., 2004. Of bikers, teachers and Germans: groups' diverging views about their prototypicality. British Journal of Social Psychology, 43(3), 385-400.
Wenzel, M. & Taylor, N., 2004. An experimental evaluation of tax-reporting schedules: a case of evidence-based tax administration. Journal of Public Economics, 88(12), 2785-2799.
Wenzel, M., 2004. A social categorisation approach to distributive justice. European Review of Social Psychology, 15(1), 219-257.
Wenzel, M., 2004. An analysis of norm processes in tax compliance. Journal of Economic Psychology, 25(2), 213-228.
Wenzel, M., 2004. Social identification as a determinant of concerns about individual-, group-, and inclusive-level justice. Social Psychology Quarterly, 67(1), 70-87.
Wenzel, M., 2004. The social Side of Sanctions: Personal and Social Norms as Moderators of Deterrence. Law and Human Behaviour, 28(5), 547-567.
Waldzus, S., Mummendey, A., Wenzel, M., & Weber, U., 2003. Towards tolerance: representations of superordinate categories and perceived ingroup prototypicality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39(1), 31-47.
Wenzel, M. & Taylor, N., 2003. Toward evidence-based tax administration. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 38(3), 409-430.
Wenzel, M., Mummendey, A., Weber, U., & Waldzus, S., 2003. The ingroup as pars pro toto: projection from the ingroup onto the inclusive category as a precursor to social discrimination. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29(4), 461-473.
Wenzel, M., 2002. Impact of outcome orientation and justice concerns on tax compliance: the role of taxpayers' identity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(4), 629-645.
Wenzel, M., 2002. What is social about justice? Inclusive identity and group values as the basis of the justice motive. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38(3), 205-218.
Wenzel, M., 2001. A social categorization approach to distributive justice: Social identity as the link between relevance of inputs and need for justice. British Journal of Social Psychology, 40(3), 315-335.
Book chapters
Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Platow, M.J., 2010. Restorative Justice: Seeking a shared identity in dynamic intragroup contexts. In Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, pp. 205-242.
Wenzel, M., 2009. Social identity and justice: implications for intergroup relations. In Intergroup Relations The Role of Motivation and Emotion. Hove, UK: Psychology Press, pp. 61-79.
Braithwaite, V. & Wenzel, M., 2008. Integrating explanations of tax evasion and avoidance. In The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour. New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, pp. 304-331.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2008. The symbolic meaning of transgressions: towards a unifying framework of justice restoration. In Advances in Group Processes. Cornwall, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, pp. 291-326.
Wenzel, M. & Waldzus, S., 2008. Die Theorie der Selbstkategorisierung. In Stereotype, Vorurteile und Soziale Diskriminierung: Theorien, Befunde und Interventionen. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Verlag, pp. 231-239.
Waldzus, S. & Wenzel, M., 2008. Das Modell der Eigengruppenprojektion. In Stereotype, Vorurteile und Soziale Diskriminierung: Theorien, Befunde und Interventionen. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Verlag, pp. 240-248.
Wenzel, M. & Mikula, G., 2006. Conflicts, diplomacy, and the psychology of justice. In Diplomacy and Psychology: Prevention of Armed Conflicts After the Cold War. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, pp. 99-121.
Platow, M.J., Wenzel, M., & Nolan, M., 2003. The Importance of Social Identity and Self-Categorization Processes for Creating and Responding to Fairness. In Social Identity at Work: Developing Theory for Organizational Practice. New York, USA: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, pp. 261-276.
Wenzel, M., 2003. Tax compliance and the psychology of justice: mapping the field. In Taxing Democracy: Understanding Tax Avoidance and Evasion. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 41-70.
Journal articles
Wenzel, M. & Platow, M.J., 2009. A special issue on justice research: join the journey. Australian Journal of Psychology, 61(1), 1-5.
Conference publications
Agnew, K.J. & Wenzel, M., 2012. Prevention of anti-social behaviour: Genuine self-forgiveness and willingness to change. The Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Adelaide, South Australia.
Feather, N.T., Wenzel, M., & McKee, I.R., 2012. Integrating multiple perspectives on schadenfruede: Combining self-esteem, pain of inferiority, envy and resentment, with sympathy and perceived deservingness. The Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Adelaide, South Australia.
Wenzel, M. & Coughlin, A.B., 2012. Third party communications and forgiveness. The Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Adelaide, Australia.
Wenzel, M., 2012. On the defensiveness of pseudo self-forgiveness. The Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Adelaide, Australia.
Woodyatt, L. & Wenzel, M., 2012. The psychological immune response to transgressions. The Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Adelaide, Australia.
Yap, C. & Wenzel, M., 2012. Why confess? Guilt and trust in motivating confessions. The Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Adelaide, Australia.
Wenzel, M., 2011. Promoting engagement with primary psychological literature. 46th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Canberra, Australia.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2011. Perspective-taking and revenge. 41st Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2011. Acts of forgiveness as a path to justice and reconciliation. 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Wenzel, M. & Coughlin, A.B., 2011. Are there psychological benefits for expressing forgiveness and unforgiveness depending on the addressee?. 46th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society, Canberra, Australia.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2011. Third party punishment and symbolic intragroup status. 9th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Woodyatt, L. & Wenzel, M., 2011. Encouraging genuine self-forgiveness. 4th Australian Conference on Health and Spirituality, Adelaide, South Australia.
Woodyatt, L. & Wenzel, M., 2011. Encouraging genuine self-forgiveness. 41st Annual Conference for the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Manly, Australia.
Woodyatt, L. & Wenzel, M., 2011. Encouraging genuine self-forgiveness: Processing wrongdoing by addressing belonging threat through value re-affirmation. 11th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society's Psychology of Relationships Interest Group, Adelaide, 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.
Woodyatt, L. & Wenzel, M., 2010. Self-forgiveness and restoration after an interpersonal transgression. 40th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists.
Woodyatt, L. & Wenzel, M., 2010. Is self-forgiveness associated with restoration of a transgressor?. 13th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.
Wenzel, M., Woodyatt, L., & Hedrick, K., 2010. How do we genuinely forgive ourselves?. 13th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.
Wenzel, M., 2010. Discussant (symposium on justice sensitivity). 13th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2010. When our group forgives: Justice and reconciliation in intergroup contexts?. 13th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2010. When our group forgives: Justice and reconciliation in intergroup contexts. 40th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2010. The justice-restoring effects of forgiveness in interpersonal and intergroup contexts. 11th Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2010. The justice-restoring effects of forgiveness in intergroup contexts. 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology.
Wenzel, M. & Hedrick, K., 2010. How do we truly forgive ourselves?. 11th Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Feather, N.T., 2010. Conceptualizing retributive and restorative justice. Conference of the Empirical Legal Studies.
Okimoto, T.G., Hedrick, K., & Wenzel, M., 2010. The psychological benefits of refusing to apologize. 23rd Annual Conference of the International Association of Conflict Management.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2010. Victim reactions to third-party punishment: Justice, group identification, and symbolic intragroup status. 13th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2010. Interdependent self-construal and responses to injustice. 13th Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2010. How forgiveness restores a sense of justice following interpersonal and intergroup transgressions. 70th Annual Conference for the Academy of Management.
Turner, J.K. & Wenzel, M., 2009. The dynamics of forgiving : cause or effect?. 39th Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, 109-109.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2009. Closing the injustice gap : a gap to forgiveness?. 39th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, 72-72.
Hartner, M., Rechberger, S., Wenzel, M., & Kubicek, B., 2009. Der Einfluss der distributiven Gerechtigkeit der europaischen Transferleistungen auf die Steuerzahlbereitschaft einer EU-Steuer [The influence of the distributive fairness of European transfer payments on the willingness to pay an EU tax]. 6th Meeting of the Fachgruppe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Psychologie.
Hedrick, K. & Wenzel, M., 2009. How do we truly forgive ourselves?. 39th Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, 99-99.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2009. Does forgiveness sacrifice justice?. 10th Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Okimoto, T.G., Wenzel, M., & Platow, M.J., 2009. Restorative justice : seeking a shared identity in dynamic intra-group contexts. 13th Annual Conference on Research on Managing Groups and Teams.
Strelan, P.G., Philpot, C., tumbaga, L., & Wenzel, M., 2009. Not so counter-intuitive: Evidence for how justice and forgiveness are related. 39th Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, 71-71.
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.
Hedrick, K., Wenzel, M., & Robinson, J.A., 2009. Human rights violations and resilience in refugees: The protective role of social identity. 2009 ISSBD Asia-Pacific Workshop, 38-38.
Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T.G., Polden, S., & Hedrick, K., 2008. What's in an apology?. SASP 2008 Abstracts, 30-31.
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.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2008. Does forgiveness sacrifice justice?. Proceedings of ISJR 2008.
Hedrick, K., Wenzel, M., & Okimoto, T.G., 2008. Why he refused to apologize: Understanding the psychological consequences of apology refusals. The 12th Biennial 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.
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.
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.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2007. Punishment as a means to restore justice: addressing the personal and social identity concerns that follow a transgression. 2007 Brisbane Symposium on Social Identity.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2007. Punishment and the maintenance of group value consensus following a transgression. SASP: Society of Australasian Social Psychologist 36th Annual Conference, 62-62.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2007. Painting the deviant sheep black: Punishment and the restoration of group values. New Theoretical Directions in Justice and Identity.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2007. Does forgiveness sacrifice justice? Addressing status/power and value concerns following transgressions. SASP: Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 36th Annual Conference, 76-76.
Okimoto, T.G. & Wenzel, M., 2007. Do punishments address value concerns? Achieving value consensus through labeling and offender reform. Doing Well By Doing Good, (11302).
Cameron, K.V., Wenzel, M., & Okimoto, T.G., 2007. The role of punishment in addressing the psychological concerns of victims: a comparison of retributive and restorative justice processes. SASP: Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 36th Annual Conference, 64-64.
Wenzel, M. & Okimoto, T.G., 2007. Seeking justice after transgressions: Social identity, offence meaning and emotions. Social Diversity in Modern Societies: Threats and Challenges to Identities and Relations between Social Groups, 33-33.
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.
Wenzel, M., 2006. Retributive versus restorative justice. 5th Annual SPSP Justive Preconference.
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.
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., 2006. Discussion (of the afternoon presentations). 5th Annual SPSP Justice Preconference.
Other public research outputs
Wenzel, M. & Thielmann, I., 2006. Why we punish in the name of justice. 7th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).
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.
