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Community identification moderating the impact of financial incentives in a natural social dilemma:Water Conservation

Van Vugt, Mark (2001) Community identification moderating the impact of financial incentives in a natural social dilemma:Water Conservation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27 (11). pp. 1140-1149. ISSN 0146-1672. (doi:10.1177/01461672012711005) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4517)

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Abstract

The moderating role of community identification was investigated in the impact of different tariff system on domestic water use. Over a 9-month interval, both consumption and survey data were collected in 278 households in the United Kingdom, 203 of which were on a variable tariff (i.e., charges related to use) and 75 on a fixed tariff (i.e., charges unrelated to use). Adopting a social dilemma approach, I expected a fixed tariff to be associated with greater use than a variable tariff, in particular when resources were valuable and people identified weakly with their community. This hypothesis was supported in both the field study and an experimental study that simulated a natural resource crisis in the laboratory.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/01461672012711005
Uncontrolled keywords: commons dilemma; strategies
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: C.A. Simms
Date Deposited: 29 Aug 2008 17:20 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4517 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Van Vugt, Mark.

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