Cooperation in Social Dilemmas and the Need to Belong: The moderating effect of group size

Group Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-174

  De Cremer, David ^a   Leonardelli, Geoffrey J ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FRUSTRATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MOTIVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 0037831067     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.7.2.168     Document Type: Article

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