Social dilemmas as strong versus weak situations: Social value orientations and tacit coordination under resource size uncertainty

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-516

  de Kwaadsteniet, Erik W ^a   van Dijk, Eric ^a   Wit, Arjaan ^a   de Cremer, David ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental uncertainty; Social dilemmas; Social value orientation; Tacit coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744546266     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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