Browsing by Author "Kopelman, Shirli"

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Commons Dilemma Management: Recent Experimental Results
(2000) Kopelman, Shirli; Weber, J. Mark; Messick, David M.
"This chapter reviews the experimental literature that has accumulated in the last decade on commons dilemmas and some related situations. It identifies major research topics as well as empirical findings. The review focuses on studies of individual differences, contextual effects, and social structure as non-decision variables. Decision factors include those dealing with uncertainty and knowledge, the decision sequence protocol, and the payoff structure. Inferences are drawn regarding the implications of the results in creating a theory of individual behavior in commons situations."
The Effect of Culture and Power on Cooperation in Common Dilemmas: Implications for Global Resource Management
(2008) Kopelman, Shirli
"This study adopted a contextual framework to examine whether an interaction between group culture and economic power influences self-interest in a simulated commons dilemma. Full-time managers enrolled in executive MBA programs in Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, and the United States (U.S.) made decisions in an asymmetric commons dilemma. Relative to managers from the U.S. and Germany, Israeli managers were more likely to follow an individually rational decision-making approach, taking more resources in a high versus low economic power condition. In contrast, managers from Hong Kong in a high economic power condition followed a collectively rational approach, voluntarily taking fewer resources. Egocentrism mediated this interaction effect of group culture and economic power for the Israeli managers who were more egocentric and believed it was fair to harvest more resources in a high power condition. However, egocentrism did not mediate the interaction effect for managers from Hong Kong. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings highlight the importance of studying the proximal effect of group culture on contextual factors, such as economic power asymmetry, that influence cooperation in social dilemmas."