Altruism and prosocial behavior in groups

• Other Authors: Thye, Shane R., Lawler, Edward J.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2009.
• Series: Advances in group processes ; v. 26.
• Subjects: Social Science > Sociology > General.; Social groups.; Social, group or collective psychology.; Altruism.

In this volume scholars from a variety of disciplines address a range of phenomena related to the general question of when people behave in an altruistic fashion. The specific topics addressed in this volume include how empathy induced altruism can actually be a threat to the some larger collective...