When prosocials act like proselfs in a commons dilemma

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 750-758

  Brucks, Wernher M ^a   Van Lange, Paul A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commons dilemma; Conservation; Cooperation; Noise; Social interaction; Social value orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 34247645443     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206298569     Document Type: Article

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