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- Social norms are crucial for promoting cooperation in human groups, but this dynamic can change when groups experience new members or lose existing ones.
- Research indicates that newcomers tend to cooperate less than long-standing members (incumbents), though their cooperation levels improve over time.
- There is a lack of change in group identification and social norms during this adjustment, and the study highlights data limitations and suggests future research opportunities in this area.
Article Abstract
Social norms promote cooperation in human groups. How are these norms and cooperation affected when groups change due to new members arriving and old members leaving? In this review we highlight the scant literature that researches the effects of group changes on social norms and cooperation. Thus far evidence suggests that newcomers cooperate less than incumbents but adjust their cooperation levels over time. However, this adjustment is not necessarily accompanied by adjustments in terms of group identification and norms. We also point to the data limitations that ensue when researching phenomena at the group level and outline future research directions.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101849 | DOI Listing |
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