When sanctions fail to increase cooperation in social dilemmas: Considering the presence of an alternative option to defect

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1312-1324

  Mulder, Laetitia B ^a   Van Dijk, Eric ^b   De Cremer, David ^a   Wilke, Henk A M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Defection; Sanctions; Social dilemmas; Social trilemmas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33748333333     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206289978     Document Type: Article

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