Conservation of the commons: Effects of group cohesiveness and prior sharing

Autor:	John S. Baird
Rok vydání:	1982
Předmět:	Dilemma Group cohesiveness Resource (project management) genetic structures Social Psychology Resource pool Social issues Psychology Commons Social psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Community Psychology. 10:210-215
ISSN:	1520-6629 0090-4392
DOI:	10.1002/1520-6629(198207)10:3<210::aid-jcop2290100303>3.0.co;2-2
Popis:	The social issue of conservation is conceptualized in terms of a commons dilemma. Both the recent experimental and theoretical literature are briefly reviewed. The author hypothesized that increasing group cohesiveness and exposing subjects to prior sharing would increase cooperative responding in a simulated commons problem. Undergraduate students (n = 60) in groups of three drew quarters from a regenerating resource pool. Groups which had previously shared a monetary reward were able to preserve the resource more effectively and earned more money than groups which had not shared a previous reward. The traditional cohesiveness manipulation was not successful. The results suggest that prior exposure to cooperative alternatives may enhance the cooperative response in later problem situations. The practical and theoretical implications for conservation strategies are mentioned.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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