Gender, trust and cooperation in environmental social dilemmas

Individual, Organizational, and Institutional Determinants of Formal and Informal Inter‐Firm Cooperation in SMEs

“…According to this school of thought men cooperate better than women because they have more practice at it. Irwin, Edwards, and Tamburello (2015) have another explanation. They argue that women experience more risk aversion.…”

“…Boys are more likely to play team games, resulting in a more highly developed sense of cooperation and an increased ability to resolve disputes.” According to this school of thought men cooperate better than women because they have more practice at it. Irwin, Edwards, and Tamburello () have another explanation. They argue that women experience more risk aversion.…”

“…They argue that women experience more risk aversion. “In situations with a high degree of fear incentive and low trust, women may view the situation as risky and thus choose not to cooperate” (Irwin, Edwards, and Tamburello , p. 329). Our study contributes to this stream of research by showing that women are probably less cooperative in business settings due to their higher risk aversion.…”

The Effects of Protestant Theological Conservatism and Trust on Environmental Cooperation

“…Given that many researchers have utilized the real-world measure as environmental cooperation, it is clear that trust has been linked to pro-environmental behaviors as well (e.g., Gupta and Ogden 2009;Lubell 2002). Many findings demonstrate that individuals who trust others are more likely than nontrusting people to buy "green products" (Gupta and Ogden 2009), recycle goods (Sønderskov 2011), use public transportation (van Vugt et al 1996), use less water (van Vugt and Samuelson 1999), and remain responsible to help protect the environment (Irwin and Berigan 2013;Irwin, Edwards, and Tamburello 2015). Based on these findings, one of our primary goals is to test-using a nationally representative survey-whether TC members are influenced by their willingness or unwillingness to protect the environment.…”

“…Previous research has linked age (Smith 1997), race (Simpson, McGrimmon, and Irwin 2007), and gender (Irwin, Edwards, and Tamburello 2015) to trust and/or cooperation. We control for each of these factors in our models.…”