Social Value Orientation and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: A Meta-Analysis

This article reports a meta-analysis of 82 studies assessing the relationship between social value orientation (SVO) and cooperation in social dilemmas. A significant and small to medium effect size was found (r =. 30). Results supported a hypothesis that the effect size was larger when participants...

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Main Authors: BALLIET, Daniel Patrick, PARKS, Craig, JOIREMAN, Jeff
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/609
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:This article reports a meta-analysis of 82 studies assessing the relationship between social value orientation (SVO) and cooperation in social dilemmas. A significant and small to medium effect size was found (r =. 30). Results supported a hypothesis that the effect size was larger when participants were not paid (r =. 39) than when they were paid (r =. 23). The effect size was also larger in give-some (r =. 29) as opposed to take-some (r =. 22) games. However, contrary to expectations, the effect was not larger in one-shot, as opposed to iterated games. Findings are discussed in the context of theory on SVO and directions for future research are outlined.