TY - JOUR
T1 - How can we promote behaviour that serves all of us in the future
AU - van Lange, P.A.M.
AU - Joireman, J.A.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The health and vitality of relationships, groups, and society at large is strongly challenged by social dilemmas or conflicts between short-term self-interest and long-term collective interest. Pollution, depletion of natural resources, and intergroup conflict can be characterized as examples of urgent social dilemmas. This article advances a conceptual framework in which we analyze social dilemmas in terms of social and temporal concerns relevant to the social (individual vs. collective) and temporal (short-term vs. long-term) conflicts underlying social dilemmas. We discuss the plasticity of social orientations (altruism, cooperation, egalitarianism, individualism, competition, aggression) and temporal orientations (short-term orientation, future orientation), and illustrate their " logical effects" and " paradoxical effects" on behavior that supports collectively desired outcomes. This analysis enables us to suggest a set of novel recommendations for policy and intervention to help solve various social dilemmas in contemporary society. © 2008 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
AB - The health and vitality of relationships, groups, and society at large is strongly challenged by social dilemmas or conflicts between short-term self-interest and long-term collective interest. Pollution, depletion of natural resources, and intergroup conflict can be characterized as examples of urgent social dilemmas. This article advances a conceptual framework in which we analyze social dilemmas in terms of social and temporal concerns relevant to the social (individual vs. collective) and temporal (short-term vs. long-term) conflicts underlying social dilemmas. We discuss the plasticity of social orientations (altruism, cooperation, egalitarianism, individualism, competition, aggression) and temporal orientations (short-term orientation, future orientation), and illustrate their " logical effects" and " paradoxical effects" on behavior that supports collectively desired outcomes. This analysis enables us to suggest a set of novel recommendations for policy and intervention to help solve various social dilemmas in contemporary society. © 2008 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1751-2409.2008.00013.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1751-2409.2008.00013.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1751-2409
VL - 2
SP - 127
EP - 157
JO - Social Issue and Policy Review
JF - Social Issue and Policy Review
ER -
