Suckers or Saviors? Consistent Contributors in Social Dilemmas

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1340-1353

  Weber, J Mark ^a   Murnighan, J Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consistent contributor; cooperation; decision making; norms; public good; rational choice; social dilemma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 57949102967     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012454     Document Type: Article

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