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Cultural Universals and Cultural Differences in Meta-Norms about Peer Punishment. / Eriksson, Kimmo; Strimling, Pontus; Andersson, Per A.; Aveyard, Mark; Brauer, Markus; Gritskov, Vladimir; Kiyonari, Toko; Kuhlman, David M.; Maitner, Angela T.; Manesi, Zoi; Molho, Catherine; Peperkoorn, Leonard S.; Rizwan, Muhammad; Stivers, Adam W.; Tian, Qirui; Van Lange, Paul A.M.; Vartanova, Irina; Wu, Junhui; Yamagishi, Toshio.
In: Management and Organization Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, 01.12.2017, p. 851-870.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Universals and Cultural Differences in Meta-Norms about Peer Punishment
AU - Eriksson, Kimmo
AU - Strimling, Pontus
AU - Andersson, Per A.
AU - Aveyard, Mark
AU - Brauer, Markus
AU - Gritskov, Vladimir
AU - Kiyonari, Toko
AU - Kuhlman, David M.
AU - Maitner, Angela T.
AU - Manesi, Zoi
AU - Molho, Catherine
AU - Peperkoorn, Leonard S.
AU - Rizwan, Muhammad
AU - Stivers, Adam W.
AU - Tian, Qirui
AU - Van Lange, Paul A.M.
AU - Vartanova, Irina
AU - Wu, Junhui
AU - Yamagishi, Toshio
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The International Association for Chinese Management Research 2017.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - Violators of cooperation norms may be informally punished by their peers. How such norm enforcement is judged by others can be regarded as a meta-norm (i.e., a second-order norm). We examined whether meta-norms about peer punishment vary across cultures by having students in eight countries judge animations in which an agent who over-harvested a common resource was punished either by a single peer or by the entire peer group. Whether the punishment was retributive or restorative varied between two studies, and findings were largely consistent across these two types of punishment. Across all countries, punishment was judged as more appropriate when implemented by the entire peer group than by an individual. Differences between countries were revealed in judgments of punishers vs. non-punishers. Specifically, appraisals of punishers were relatively negative in three Western countries and Japan, and more neutral in Pakistan, UAE, Russia, and China, consistent with the influence of individualism, power distance, and/or indulgence. Our studies constitute a first step in mapping how meta-norms vary around the globe, demonstrating both cultural universals and cultural differences.
AB - Violators of cooperation norms may be informally punished by their peers. How such norm enforcement is judged by others can be regarded as a meta-norm (i.e., a second-order norm). We examined whether meta-norms about peer punishment vary across cultures by having students in eight countries judge animations in which an agent who over-harvested a common resource was punished either by a single peer or by the entire peer group. Whether the punishment was retributive or restorative varied between two studies, and findings were largely consistent across these two types of punishment. Across all countries, punishment was judged as more appropriate when implemented by the entire peer group than by an individual. Differences between countries were revealed in judgments of punishers vs. non-punishers. Specifically, appraisals of punishers were relatively negative in three Western countries and Japan, and more neutral in Pakistan, UAE, Russia, and China, consistent with the influence of individualism, power distance, and/or indulgence. Our studies constitute a first step in mapping how meta-norms vary around the globe, demonstrating both cultural universals and cultural differences.
KW - cross-cultural research
KW - individualism-collectivism
KW - meta-norms
KW - norm enforcement peer punishment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85039927743&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/mor.2017.42
DO - 10.1017/mor.2017.42
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039927743
VL - 13
SP - 851
EP - 870
JO - Management and Organization Review
JF - Management and Organization Review
SN - 1740-8776
IS - 4
ER -
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