Why People Cooperate : : The Role of Social Motivations / / Tom R. Tyler.

Any organization's success depends upon the voluntary cooperation of its members. But what motivates people to cooperate? In Why People Cooperate, Tom Tyler challenges the decades-old notion that individuals within groups are primarily motivated by their self-interest. Instead, he demonstrates...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 3 line illus. 14 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Overview
  • Section One: Introduction
  • Chapter one. Why Do People Cooperate?
  • Chapter two. Motivational Models
  • Section Two: Empirical Findings
  • Chapter three. Cooperation with Managerial Authorities in Work Settings
  • Chapter four. Cooperation with Legal Authorities in Local Communities
  • Chapter five. Cooperation with Political Authorities
  • Section Three: Implications
  • Chapter six. The Psychology of Cooperation
  • Chapter seven. Implications
  • Chapter eight. Self-regulation as a General Model
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index