Local Reasons to Give Globally: Identity Extension and Global Cooperation

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dc.contributor.authorBuchan, Nancy R.en
dc.contributor.authorJeong, Sophia Soyoungen
dc.contributor.authorWard Bartlett, Anna Katherineen
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T15:49:22Zen
dc.date.available2019-01-03T15:49:22Zen
dc.date.issued2017-11-14en
dc.description.abstractRecent political events across the world suggest a retrenchment from globalization and a possible increase in parochialism. This inward-looking threat from parochialism occurs just as the global community faces growing challenges that require trans-national cooperation. In this research, we question if strong identification with an in-group necessarily leads to parochialism and ultimately is detrimental to global cooperation. Building on research on global social identification, we explore whether strong local identification can expand in inclusiveness to global identification, and among whom this is likely to happen. The results of our global public goods study - conducted in South Korea and the United States - show that high levels of social identification with a local group can extend to the global collective, particularly for individuals who are also high in concern-for-others. Furthermore, this identification translates into behavior that benefits the global, anonymous group at a cost to oneself. These results shed light on how to avoid the trap of parochialism and instead engender cooperative behavior with the broader global community.en
dc.description.notesWe would like to thank Marilyn Brewer, Phil Bobko, M. Audrey Korsgaard, and members of the Management Department at the University of South Carolina for their thoughtful comments and suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper. This study was supported by research grants from the Center for International Business Education and Research and from the Riegel & Emory Human Resource Center, both at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business. The funders had no role in study design, data collection/analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for International Business Education and Research at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business; Riegel & Emory Human Resource Center at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Businessen
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15683-0en
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322en
dc.identifier.other15527en
dc.identifier.pmid29138443en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/86585en
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectsocial dilemmasen
dc.subjectselfen
dc.subjectaltruismen
dc.subjectbehavioren
dc.subjectempathyen
dc.titleLocal Reasons to Give Globally: Identity Extension and Global Cooperationen
dc.title.serialScientific Reportsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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