The Influence of Social Motivation Consistency and Accountability on Group Decision-Making

Studies of Psychology and Behavior ›› 2021, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 528-534.

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The Influence of Social Motivation Consistency and Accountability on Group Decision-Making

WANG Xiaozhuang^1,2,3, ZHANG Jiaoxiao², ZHAO Jiayan⁴, ZHAO Yue², AN Xiaojing⁵, NGURE Mary Muthoni²

1. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387;
2. Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387;
3. Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students’ Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387;
4. Tianjin Urban Construction Management & Vocation Technology College, Tianjin 300314;
5. Department of Education Science, Xingtai University, Xingtai 054001

Received:2020-12-25 Online:2021-07-20 Published:2021-07-20

社会动机一致性与问责对群体决策的影响

王晓庄^1,2,3, 张皎霄², 赵嘉妍⁴, 赵玥², 安晓镜⁵, Ngure Mary Muthoni²

1. 教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地天津师范大学心理与行为研究院，天津 300387;
2. 天津师范大学心理学部，天津 300387;
3. 学生心理发展与学习天津市高校社会科学实验室，天津 300387;
4. 天津城市建设管理职业技术学院，天津 300134;
5. 邢台学院教科部，邢台 054001

通讯作者: 张皎霄,E-mail:zjx_psy@126.com
基金资助:
天津市哲学社会科学规划课题（TJJX18-012）

Abstract

Abstract: The present study aimed to explore the influence of social-motivation consistency among group members on decision-making and the promoting effect of accountability on decision-making by using the Hidden Profile Paradigm. Experiment 1 investigated the information sharing and the accuracy of group decision-making by priming the social motivation of individuals in four groups: all members cooperation, majority members cooperation, majority members self-interest, and all members self-interest. The results showed that the higher the proportion of members with cooperative motivation, the better the information sharing and decision-making. The information-sharing played a complete mediating effect between the proportion of members with cooperative motivation and the performance of decision-making. Moreover, the minority with self-interested motivation decreased the information sharing among cooperative members. Experiment 2 examined the effects of process accountability and outcome accountability on the facilitation of decision-making in two groups in which the majority had self-interested motivation, or full members had self-interested motivation. The results demonstrated that both kinds of accountability promoted the information share and improved the quality of decision-making. This study provided a deep understanding of the mechanism and the promotion approaches underlying the impact of social motivation consistency on group decision-making.

Key words: group decision making, social motivation, accountability, hidden profile paradigm

摘要： 采用隐藏文档范式决策任务，探究群体成员社会动机一致性对决策的影响及问责的促进作用。实验1通过社会动机启动，考察全员合作、多数合作、多数利己、全员利己四种群体的信息分享及决策正确率。结果发现，合作动机成员比例越高，群体信息分享和决策质量越好，信息分享在成员社会动机与决策质量间起完全中介作用；少数利己成员的存在对合作成员的信息分享产生负面影响。实验2检验过程问责与结果问责对多数利己、全员利己群体决策的促进作用。结果发现，两种问责方式均促进了群体的信息分享与决策质量。本研究深化了社会动机影响群体决策的机制及促进途径。

关键词: 群体决策, 社会动机, 问责, 隐藏文档范式

CLC Number:

B849

WANG Xiaozhuang, ZHANG Jiaoxiao, ZHAO Jiayan, ZHAO Yue, AN Xiaojing, NGURE Mary Muthoni. The Influence of Social Motivation Consistency and Accountability on Group Decision-Making[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(4): 528-534.

王晓庄, 张皎霄, 赵嘉妍, 赵玥, 安晓镜, Ngure Mary Muthoni. 社会动机一致性与问责对群体决策的影响[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(4): 528-534.

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