Burning a Graph as a Model of Social Contagion

The social contagion of utility value: How parents’ beliefs about the usefulness of science predict their children’s motivation and achievement

School Psychology International ◽

10.1177/0143034320985200 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 014303432098520

Author(s):

Ma. Jenina N. Nalipay ◽

Yuyang Cai ◽

Ronnel B. King

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Science Achievement ◽

Critical Role ◽

Social Contagion ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Utility Value ◽

International Student Assessment ◽

Value Perceptions ◽

The Social ◽

Motivation And Achievement

The purpose of the present study was to examine whether parents’ utility value perceptions predicted their children’s utility value perceptions, demonstrating social contagion effects. We also examined whether utility value would predict achievement. This is a cross-sectional study that utilized data from a subsample of adolescent students from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA 2015), which focused on science learning and achievement from 18 regions. We performed multi-level structural equation modeling to analyze the data. Results revealed that parents’ utility value perceptions predicted students’ utility value perceptions, which, in turn, predicted science achievement. The findings of this study provide evidence of the social contagion of utility value perceptions from parents to their children and the critical role of utility value in predicting achievement across various regions/countries. Our study highlights the crucial role parents play in adolescents’ motivational and learning outcomes and suggest parental involvement in programs toward enhancing adolescents’ motivation and achievement.

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Bringing tax avoiders to light: moral framing and shaming in a public goods experiment

Behavioural Public Policy ◽

10.1017/bpp.2021.9 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-24

Author(s):

Stefanos A. Tsikas

Keyword(s):

Public Goods ◽

Public Good ◽

Social Dilemmas ◽

Tax Avoidance ◽

Social Contagion ◽

Public Goods Game ◽

Free Riders ◽

Social Sanctions ◽

Moral Framing ◽

Public Goods Experiment

Abstract With a linear public goods game played in six different variants, this article studies two channels that might moderate social dilemmas and increase cooperation without using pecuniary incentives: moral framing and shaming. We find that cooperation is increased when noncontributing to a public good is framed as morally debatable and socially harmful tax avoidance, while the mere description of a tax context has no effect. However, without social sanctions in place, cooperation quickly deteriorates due to social contagion. We find ‘shaming’ free-riders by disclosing their misdemeanor to act as a strong social sanction, irrespective of the context in which it is applied. Moralizing tax avoidance significantly reinforces shaming, compared with a simple tax context.

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Examining the Antecedents of User Donation Intentions Toward Social Media Articles: Moderation Effects of Social Contagion

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/21582440211006387 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 215824402110063

Author(s):

Isaac Owusu Asante ◽

Jiaming Fang ◽

Dennis Fiifi Darko ◽

Hossin M. D. Altab

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Nonprofit Organization ◽

Perceived Value ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Social Contagion ◽

Moderation Effects ◽

The Social ◽

Academic Researchers ◽

Perceived Enjoyment ◽

Donation Intention

Donations to articles on social media, as a new behavior, have been trending in recent years. Unlike donations to a charitable and nonprofit organization or victims, donations to social media articles have been accorded minimal attention from academic researchers. From the stimuli–organism–response framework, this study proposed a model to investigate the factors that influence the donation intentions of users on social media toward articles. Our results demonstrate that the credibility of the article determines users’ donation intentions. The results also indicate that the perceived value (usefulness and enjoyment) of the article mediates the effects of article credibility on users’ donation intentions. The social contagion nature of the article is also proven to moderate the magnitude of impacts on donation intention by users’ perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, and perception of article credibility.

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Dynamical influence processes on networks: General theory and applications to social contagion

Physical Review E ◽

10.1103/physreve.88.022816 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 88 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Kameron Decker Harris ◽

Christopher M. Danforth ◽

Peter Sheridan Dodds

Keyword(s):

General Theory ◽

Social Contagion

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Social contagion of time perception

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ◽

10.1016/s0022-1031(03)00089-1 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 113-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Lucian Gideon Conway III

Keyword(s):

Time Perception ◽

Social Contagion

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How social contagion can strengthen your resolve

The New Scientist ◽

10.1016/s0262-4079(09)60001-4 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 201 (2688) ◽

pp. 5

Keyword(s):

Social Contagion

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Beyond Social Contagion: Associative Diffusion and the Emergence of Cultural Variation

American Sociological Review ◽

10.1177/0003122418797576 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 83 (5) ◽

pp. 897-932 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Amir Goldberg ◽

Sarah K. Stein

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Network Topology ◽

Alternative Explanation ◽

Network Models ◽

Social Contagion ◽

Cultural Variation ◽

Cultural Differentiation

Network models of diffusion predominantly think about cultural variation as a product of social contagion. But culture does not spread like a virus. We propose an alternative explanation we call associative diffusion. Drawing on two insights from research in cognition—that meaning inheres in cognitive associations between concepts, and that perceived associations constrain people’s actions—we introduce a model in which, rather than beliefs or behaviors, the things being transmitted between individuals are perceptions about what beliefs or behaviors are compatible with one another. Conventional contagion models require the assumption that networks are segregated to explain cultural variation. We show, in contrast, that the endogenous emergence of cultural differentiation can be entirely attributable to social cognition and does not require a segregated network or a preexisting division into groups. Moreover, we show that prevailing assumptions about the effects of network topology do not hold when diffusion is associative.

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Hiring decisions on certified manpower

Journal of Advances in Management Research ◽

10.1108/jamr-05-2017-0070 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 514-535

Author(s):

Huei-Wen Pao ◽

Cheng-Yu Lee ◽

Pi-Hui Chung ◽

Hsueh-Liang Wu

Keyword(s):

Service Sector ◽

Resource Dependence ◽

Management Practice ◽

Resource Dependence Theory ◽

Resource Scarcity ◽

Institutional Innovation ◽

Social Contagion ◽

Service Firms ◽

Hiring Decisions ◽

Content Type

Purpose The industry-wide adoption of a novel practice is often considered to be an institutional change. Although research on institutionalization has been accumulating, how and why embedded actors in the field become motivated to embrace change that remains sidelined. Viewing the introduction of a new human resource management practice, the recruitment of non-compulsory certified manpower, which is still in its infancy in the service sector of Taiwan, as a new institution, the purpose of this paper is to identify the distinct motives behind firms’ hiring decisions, and examine the extent to which such hiring decisions are contingent on institutional conditions and firm attributes. Design/methodology/approach The data used to test the hypotheses were drawn from a survey on service firms in Taiwan in the second half of 2011. Hypotheses were examined through moderated hierarchical regression analyses in a sample of 254 Taiwanese service firms across major sectors. Findings Integrating the resource dependency and social contagion views, the study contends that resource scarcity drives, or legitimacy enables, service firms to deviate from traditional hiring patterns and instead adopt new preferences toward certified manpower. The study not only shows that social factors should be incorporated into the diffusion of a new HR recruitment practice in the service sector, which is traditionally based upon economic considerations, but also sheds light on the context-dependent nature of the process of institutional innovation. Originality/value This study is an attempt not only to test a dual-theoretical model on the extent to which a service firm’s new hiring pattern is influenced by two distinct types of motivation, but also to evidence how an institutional innovation, in terms of the regime of service manpower certification, takes root and spreads in the field. The managerially discretional account of the resource dependence theory needs to be reconciled with social contagion theory, which highlights the influence of collective actions and so provides a better understanding of the diffusion of new HR recruitment practices in the service industry.

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