The Effect of the Quantity and Distribution of Teammates' Tendency Toward Self-Interest and Altruism on Individual Decision-Making.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have explored the impact of the cost ratio of individual solutions versus collective solutions on people's cooperation tendency in the presence of individual solutions. This study further explored the impact of team credibility on people's propensity to cooperate in the presence of individual solutions. Study 1 investigated the influence of different level of altruistic tendencies or the self-interest tendencies of teammates on participants' decision-making. Study 2 explored the influence of the distribution of altruistic tendencies or self-interest tendencies on participants' decision-making. The results of Study 1 showed that the proportion of participants who chose the collective solution increased with an increase in the altruistic tendencies of the team. When the altr

SUBMITTER: Zou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8877811 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature