Receiving Applause “From the Right”: Punishing Freeriding Is Socially Rewarded by Those High in Right-Wing Authoritarianism
= 667) in which small groups interacted in a financially incentivized repeated public goods game involving punishment (i.e., a social dilemma that puts immediate individual benefits at odds with long-term collective interests). Linking the process of status acquisition to peer RWA significantly advances the understanding of social dynamics in small groups.
Authors
- Richard Rau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1490-8584)
- Mitja D. Back (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2186-1558)
- Luise Honig
- Michael P. Grosz
Institutions
- University of Vienna (AT)
- University of Münster (DE)
- HMU Potsdam – Health and Medical University Potsdam (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Published
- 2026-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672261445479
- Primary Topic
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft