| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Altruism and prosocial behavior in groups/ edited by Shane R. Thye, Edward J. Lawler.{me_controlnum} |
| other author: |
Thye, Shane R. |
| Published: |
Bingley, U.K. :Emerald, : 2009., |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 223 p.). |
| Notes: |
Addresses a range of phenomena related to the general question of when people behave in an altruistic fashion. This book contains topics that include how empathy induced altruism can actually be a threat to thesome larger collective good, and the role of egoism in the production and maintenance of social order. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Empathy-induced altruism : a threat to the collective good / C. Daniel Batson, Nadia Y. Ahmad-- Differentiating between grateful and indebted reactions to receiving help / Rebecca Schaumberg, Francis J. Flynn -- A status theory of collective action / Robb Willer -- Prosocial behavior across cultures : the effects of institutional versus generalized trust / Kyle Irwin -- Metanorm expectations : determining what to sanction / Christine Horne, Chien-Fei Chen, Justin Berg, Katie Evermann-Druffel -- The problem of social order : egoism or autonomy? / Arnout van de Rijt, Michael W. Macy -- Common fate, crisis, and cooperation in social dilemmas / Jane Sell, Tony P. Love -- Sex differences in cooperationand prosocial behavior / Brent Simpson, Mark Van Vugt. |
| Subject: |
Social Science - Sociology - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0882-6145/26 |
| ISBN: |
9781848555730 (electronic bk.) |