A helping hand is hard at work: Help-seekers’ underestimation of helpers’ effort

Newark, Daniel A.; Bohns, Vanessa K.; Flynn, Francis J.

doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2017.01.001

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“…Increased team virtuality as a result of COVID-19 may also affect helping and prosocial behavior. While physical distancing among co-workers may reduce helping behaviors in the near term, prior research has shown that people should be bolder to request help from others since people do tend to be more willing to help, and give better-quality help, than is usually assumed (Newark, Bohns, & Flynn, 2017), perhaps especially during crises. Normal impediments to requesting help center on the feeling that it can be uncomfortable, awkward, and embarrassing (e.g., Bohns & Flynn, 2010), but "best practices" in virtual helping can assist help-seekers in overcoming these psychological barriers by maintaining personal privacy (Cleavenger & Munyon, 2015), reducing stigmatization (Ben-Porath, 2002), and instilling hope that things will get better once help is received (McDermott, et al, 2017).…”

Section: Covid-19 and The Workplacementioning

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COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action.

Kniffin¹,

Narayanan²,

Anseel³

et al. 2021

American Psychologist

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Section: Covid-19 and The Workplacementioning

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COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action.

Kniffin¹,

Narayanan²,

Anseel³

et al. 2021

American Psychologist

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“…We propose that social connectedness is linked with greater help seeking because it helps overcome some common barriers to help seeking. One reason people avoid seeking help is because they perceive that the quality of help or the effort of the helper will be insufficient (Newark, Bohns, & Flynn, 2017).…”

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Nostalgia promotes help seeking by fostering social connectedness.

Juhl¹,

Wildschut²,

Sedikides³

et al. 2021

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Individuals are often reluctant to seek help from others. Nostalgia is a highly social emotion that bolsters perceptions of connectedness with others. In six studies, we investigated whether nostalgia reduces individuals' general reluctance to reach out to others for help by virtue of its capacity to strengthen social connectedness (i.e., a sense of acceptance and support). In a preliminary study, we measured nostalgia, six comparator emotions, and help seeking. Nostalgia predicted help seeking, independently of the comparator emotions. In Experiments 1-4, we induced nostalgia (vs. control) and subsequently measured self-reported help seeking (Experiments 1-2), help seeking behavior (Experiments 3-4), and social connectedness (Experiments 2 and 4). Nostalgia increased self-reported help seeking (Experiments 1-2) and help seeking behavior (Experiments 3-4), and these effects were mediated by social connectedness (Experiments 2 and 4). In Experiment 5, we manipulated the social content of nostalgic reflections and measured help seeking behavior. Nostalgia pertaining to social (but not to non-social) past events increased help seeking. In all, nostalgia is a resource that facilitates help seeking by fostering social connectedness.

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“…In fact, people comply more than half the time, even when asked to do things like lie or vandalize a library book (Bohns, 2016). This is true even when the help is effortful because people are uncomfortable disappointing help seekers (Newark et al, 2017); gender-inconsistent helping might well be perceived as effortful because it is counterstereotypical. Thus, if participants ask for and receive gender-inconsistent help, especially if it comes from someone close to them, it should shift their perception of the norms around gender-inconsistent helping.…”

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Loosening the GRIP (Gender Roles Inhibiting Prosociality) to Promote Gender Equality

Croft

Atkinson

Sandstrom

et al. 2020

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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Prosociality is an ideal context to begin shifting traditional gender role stereotypes and promoting equality. Men and women both help others frequently, but assistance often follows traditional gender role expectations, which further reinforces restrictive gender stereotypes in other domains. We propose an integrative process model of gender roles inhibiting prosociality (GRIP) to explain why and how this occurs. We argue that prosociality provides a unique entry point for change because it is (a) immediately rewarding (which cultivates positive attitude formation), (b) less likely to threaten the gender status hierarchy, and therefore less susceptible to social backlash (which translates into less restrictive social norms), and (c) a skill that can be learned (which leads to stronger beliefs in one’s own ability to help). Using the GRIP model, we derive a series of hypothesized interventions to interrupt the self-reinforcing cycle of gender role stereotyping and facilitate progress toward broader gender equality.

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A helping hand is hard at work: Help-seekers’ underestimation of helpers’ effort

Cited by 32 publications

References 45 publications

COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action.

COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action.

Nostalgia promotes help seeking by fostering social connectedness.

Loosening the GRIP (Gender Roles Inhibiting Prosociality) to Promote Gender Equality

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