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To avoid mistakes, we aim to preserve autonomy and group status, and avoid irreversible decisions

System justification

Description

A social psychology theory that proposes that people have a motivation to defend and bolster the status quo, i.e., to see it as good, fair, legitimate, and desirable.

System justification in business decision

Employees in a company with a long-standing, inefficient hierarchy might resist changes to the structure, viewing the existing system as inherently stable or fair despite its flaws.

System justification in personal life decision

You defend your country's economic system even when it disadvantages you.