Solidarity And Prosocial Behavior

by Fetchenhauer, Detlef; Flache, Andreas; Buunk, Abraham P.; Lindenberg, Siegwart

• ISBN13: 9780387280318
• ISBN10: 0387280316
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The topic of prosocial behavior (e.g. fairness, solidarity, and altruism) has recently shifted back into the center of attention in a variety of disciplines, ranging from economics across sociology and psychology towards biology. It is now a well-accepted fact in all human sciences that human behavior is not always governed by egotism and selfish motives. Unfortunately, this does not explain why human also act blatantly selfish and are blind to the suffering of others. This book is a response to the quandary. It brings together leading researchers in sociology and psychology to explain human egotism and altruism using not only their area of study but also bringing in research from economics and biology. Since this work brings together the research of many different disciplines, a complete account of solidarity and prosocial behavior is presented.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Introduction
Solidarity and Prosocial Behavior: A Framing Approach	3	(20)
Siegwart Lindenberg
Detlef Fetchenhauer
Andreas Flache
Abraham P. Buunk
Part I. Micromechanisms
Prosocial Behavior, Solidarity, and Framing Processes	23	(22)
Siegwart Lindenberg
Learning and Framing in Social Exchange	45	(16)
Andreas Flache
Michael W. Macy
Perceptions of Prosociality and Solidarity in Self and Others	61	(16)
Detlef Fetchenhauer
David Dunning
Part II. Personality and Socialization
Personality and Solidary Behavior	77	(16)
Karen van der Zee
Marco Perugini
The Development of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Adolescence	93	(18)
Rene Veenstra
Part III. Social Context: Networks and Social Exchange
The Ultimate Betrayal? Infidelity and Solidarity in Close Relationships	111	(14)
Abraham P. Buunk
Pieternel Dijkstra
Understanding the Joint Effects of Interdependence and Diversity on Solidarity in Work Teams	125	(16)
Gerben van der Vegt
Andreas Flache
Part IV. Institutional Context
Employees' Organizational Solidarity within Modern Organizations: A Framing Perspective on the Effects of Social Embeddedness	141	(16)
Karin Sanders
Andreas Flache
Gerben van der Vegt
Evert van de Vliert
Sustaining the Motivation to Volunteer in Organizations	157	(18)
Linda Bridges Karr
Lucas C.P.M. Meijs
Part V. Cultural Context
Ethnic Identity and Solidarity with Functional Groups	175	(16)
Karen van der Zee
Solidarity in the Absence of External Sanctions: A Cross-Cultural Study of Educational Goals and Fair-Share Behavior	191	(16)
Detlef Fetchenhauer
Rafael Wittek
Wealth, Climate, and Framing: Cross-National Differences in Solidarity	207	(18)
Evert van de Vliert
Siegwart Lindenberg
Part VI. Outlook
How to Explain Prosocial and Solidary Behavior: A Comparison of Framing Theory with Related Meta- Theoretical Paradigms	225	(18)
Hans-Werner Bierhoff
Detlef Fetchenhauer
Index	243