Dynamic influences on cooperation in a social dilemma: How type of experience and communication affect behavioral spillovers.

ABSTRACT: In many work and decision situations, realizing cooperation among individuals is important. However, decision making environments of individuals are far from stable, resulting in changes in task complexity and the social settings they encounter. We argue that past experiences with cooperative behavior can result in different cooperative norms and expectations about the behavior of others and will have an effect on an individual's subsequent behavior in new situations. This study experimentally investigates these dynamics of cooperative behavior in social dilemmas and addresses the role of communication to provide empirical evidence about a cognitive mechanism that may lead to these spillovers. Specifically, the experimental design randomly assigns subjects to one type of repetitive interac

SUBMITTER: Bruin BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6413919 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature