Personal values and prosocial behaviour in strategic interactions

Distinguishing value‐expressive from value‐ambivalent behaviours

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ID10901458
AutoresJan-Erik Lönnqvist (0000-0001-8292-6090, Swedish School of Social Science University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland), Jan‐erik Lönnqvist, Markku Verkasalo (0000-0002-4356-9649, Institute of Behavioural Sciences University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland), Philipp C Wichardt (0000-0002-7787-6831, Department of Economics University of Rostock Rostock Germany), Gari Walkowitz (0000-0001-7933-5804, Department of Corporate Development and Business Ethics University of Cologne Cologne Germany, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume43
Fascículo6
Páginas554-569
Data de publicação2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0046-2772 • E-ISSN: 1099-0992
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ejsp.1976
OpenAlexW1528460791
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas28
Referências citadas60

Relying on the framework provided by Schwartz's theory of personal values, we investigated whether values can help explain prosocial behaviour. We first distinguished value‐expressive behaviours from value‐ambivalent behaviours. The former are compatible with primarily one value or with congruent values, the latter with mutually conflicting values. In Study 1, an analysis over all 41 (39 unpublished) samples in which we measured personal values and prosocial behaviour in monetarily incentivized strategic interactions (N = 1289; data collected between 2007 and 2010 in China, Finland, Germany, Israel, and the West Bank) supported our idea that personal values, universalism in particular, predict value‐expressive (prisoner's dilemma cooperation and trust game back‐transfers) but not value‐ambivalent behaviours (trust game transfers and ultimatum game proposals and responses). Study 2 (N = 56) focused on dictator game behaviours, which we expected and found to be strongly value‐expressive. The findings contribute to the ongoing discussion on whether and under which circumstances values shape behaviour. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Altruism (biology) · Ambivalence · Dictator game · Dilemma · Gratitude · Helping behavior · Prosocial behavior · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology) · Ultimatum game · Value (mathematics) · Cultural Differences and Values · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology