The Role of Culture in Shaping Group Dynamics
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Culture; Group Dynamics; Shaping.Abstract
The free-rider problem is a common phenomenon in our daily lives. However, little research has been done to demonstrate the role of culture in shaping a person's free-riding tendency. In this study, the author investigated how cultural background, including individualism and collectivism, determines a person's tendency to exhibit free-riding behavior. The analysis of the results showed significant expected differences between individualists and collectivists, with possessing individualistic values decreasing an individual's chances of free riding. There are still some limitations, and the author believes the experiment can be applied in the real world. The impact of social norms on the free-rider problem differs between cultural contexts, which may lead to a variance between results in research on the free-rider problem when applied cross-culturally.
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