Original title:
Anti-social behavior in groups
Authors:
Bauer, Michal ; Cahlíková, J. ; Celik Katreniak, D. ; Chytilová, Julie ; Cingl, L. ; Želinský, T. Document type: Research reports
Year:
2018
Language:
eng Series:
CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, volume: 632 Abstract:
This paper provides strong evidence supporting the long-standing speculation that decisionmaking in groups has a dark side, by magnifying the prevalence of anti-social behavior towards outsiders. A large-scale experiment implemented in Slovakia and Uganda (N=2,309) reveals that deciding in a group with randomly assigned peers increases the prevalence of anti-social behavior that reduces everyone’s payoff but which improves the relative position of own group. The effects are driven by the influence of a group context on individual behavior, rather than by group deliberation. The observed patterns are strikingly similar on both continents.
Keywords:
aggressive competitiveness; antisocial behavior; group membership Project no.: GBP402/12/G130 (CEP), GA17-13869S (CEP) Funding provider: GA ČR, GA ČR