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No Unique Effect of Intergroup Competition on Cooperation: Non-competitive Thresholds Are as Effective as Competitions between Groups for Increasing Human Cooperative Behavior

By: Matthew R. Jordan, Jillian J. Jordan and David G. Rand
Explaining cooperation remains a central topic for evolutionary theorists. Many have argued that group selection provides such an explanation: theoretical models show that intergroup competition could have given rise to cooperation that is costly for the individual.... View Details
Keywords: Intergroup Competition; Threshold Public Goods Game; Multi-level Selection; Cooperation; Groups and Teams; Competition
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Jordan, Matthew R., Jillian J. Jordan, and David G. Rand. "No Unique Effect of Intergroup Competition on Cooperation: Non-competitive Thresholds Are as Effective as Competitions between Groups for Increasing Human Cooperative Behavior." Evolution and Human Behavior 38, no. 1 (January 2017): 102–108.
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Inaccurate Group Meta-Perceptions Drive Negative Out-Group Attributions in Competitive Contexts

By: J. Lees and M. Cikara
Across seven experiments and one survey (n = 4,282), people consistently overestimated out-group negativity towards the collective behaviour of their in-group. This negativity bias in group meta-perception was present across multiple competitive (but not cooperative)... View Details
Keywords: Intergroup Competition; Psychology; Political Polarization; Judgment And Decision-making
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Lees, J., and M. Cikara. "Inaccurate Group Meta-Perceptions Drive Negative Out-Group Attributions in Competitive Contexts." Nature Human Behaviour 4, no. 3 (March 2020): 279–286.
  • 2002
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Emotions Up and Down: Intergroup Emotions Result from Status and Competition

By: S.T. Fiske, A.J.C. Cuddy and P. Glick
Keywords: Emotions; Groups and Teams; Status and Position; Competition
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Fiske, S.T., A.J.C. Cuddy, and P. Glick. "Emotions Up and Down: Intergroup Emotions Result from Status and Competition." In From Prejudice to Intergroup Emotions: Differentiated Reactions to Social Groups, edited by D.M. Mackie and E.R. Smith, 247 – 264. New York: Psychology Press, 2002.
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Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm

By: Takao Kato and Pian Shu
We study the impact of social identity on worker competition by exploiting the well-documented social divide between urban resident workers and rural migrant workers in urban Chinese firms. We analyze data on weekly output, individual characteristics, and coworker... View Details
Keywords: Social Identity; Coworker Effect; Productivity; Relative Performance Incentive; Intergroup Competition; Competition; Groups and Teams; Performance Productivity; Identity
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Kato, Takao, and Pian Shu. "Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 131, part A (November 2016): 37–50.
  • 2008
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Warmth and Competence As Universal Dimensions of Social Perception: The Stereotype Content Model and the BIAS Map

By: A. J.C. Cuddy, S. T. Fiske and P. Glick
The stereotype content model (SCM) defines two fundamental dimensions of social perception, warmth and competence, predicted respectively by perceived competition and status. Combinations of warmth and competence generate distinct emotions of admiration, contempt,... View Details
Keywords: Perception; Competency and Skills; Prejudice and Bias; Emotions; Business Model; Behavior; Research; Competition; Status and Position; Cognition and Thinking; Groups and Teams
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Cuddy, A. J.C., S. T. Fiske, and P. Glick. "Warmth and Competence As Universal Dimensions of Social Perception: The Stereotype Content Model and the BIAS Map." Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 40 (2008): 61–149.
  • 12 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

Even as polarized political discussion appears to have frozen the possibility of compromise, new research suggests that divided sides can come together on many issues to make decisions. “Our research finds that inaccurate beliefs really drive behavior and contribute to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

coworkers with a different social identity. Our results highlight the important role of social identity in overcoming self-interest and enhancing intergroup competitions. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2303862 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

example, offering large financial incentives to the winners of intergroup contests would predictably pull these relationships into cutthroat competition. In addition, in an effort to keep the competition... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

outcomes in organizations, such as individual stress and well-being, intergroup conflict, performance, and change. By providing a way to investigate patterns of relationships among multiple identities, the identity network approach can... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2007
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When Good Teams Go Bad

the key issues we discuss include trust, conflict, team identity, and intergroup rivalries. In business, competition between groups can provide motivation, but if competition... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

not be taken into account or even noticed-as a strategy for managing diversity and intergroup relations. Despite research demonstrating that race is perceived automatically (and thus, the seeming improbability of actual colorblindness),... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Oct 1997
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Short Takes

herbicides, reducing risk.) In general, Reinhardt asserts, it is market leaders who, by virtue of their power to shape the nature of competition in their industries, can force other firms to follow. Flexing similar muscle are firms with... View Details
  • 05 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 5, 2006

Gary Kusumi is considering. GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through the merger of two smaller insurance firms, is at a strategic cross-roads. Progressive changed the competitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Rowing Upstream

forth between the two boats to seek a better combination of rowers? Or should he try to figure out some novel approach to shake the varsity group out of its funk? Says Polzer, “Some of the key issues we discuss include trust, conflict, team identity, and View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 14 May 2009
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

coach who has great individual parts but can't get them to synchronize. From HBS Alumni Bulletin. Key concepts include: A potentially great team with strong individual contributors can quickly be undone by issues around trust, conflict, team accountability, and View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

of a market mechanism to draw out knowledge from diverse external sources to solve internal problems. Creating Common Ground: Propositions about Effective Intergroup Leadership Author: Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication: In Crossing the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

Psychology. Vol. 40, edited by Mark P. Zanna, 61-149, 2008 Abstract The stereotype content model (SCM) defines two fundamental dimensions of social perception, warmth and competence, predicted respectively by perceived competition and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

These changes did not—as often assumed—result in the decline of family businesses but instead gave rise to a different kind of competitive and internationally oriented "Mittelstand." The study integrates approaches from new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

most challenging aspects of systems integration. August 2013 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Group Membership Alters the Threshold for Mind Perception: The Role of Social Identity, Collective Identification, and Intergroup... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Ideas in Action

Organizational Behavior Unit, Assistant Professor Tsedal Neeley researches global collaboration with special emphasis on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup challenges of working across national boundaries. While a principal... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
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