Hugh-Jones, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8360-8884 and Leroch, Martin Alois
(2017)
Intergroup Revenge: A Laboratory Experiment.
Homo Oeconomicus, 34 (2-3).
117–135.
ISSN 0943-0180
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Abstract
Several everyday examples imply that humans reciprocate not only towards direct perpetrators, but also to entire groups, thereby potentially affecting innocent bystanders. We test the hypothesis that people are predisposed to reciprocate against groups. In a laboratory experiment, subjects who were helped or harmed by another player’s action reacted by helping or harming another member of that player’s group. This group reciprocity was only observed when one group was seen as unfairly advantaged. Thus, activation of group reciprocity may be a causal mechanism that links perceived injustice to intergroup conflict. We discuss the relevance of group reciprocity to political and economic phenomena including violence, discrimination and team competition.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | experiment,intergroup revenge,fairness,group identity,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics |
Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2017 05:05 |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2023 02:51 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64093 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s41412-017-0049-0 |
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