Direct and indirect punishment of norm violations in daily life

People regularly punish norm violations using gossip and direct confrontation. Here, the authors show that the use of gossip versus direct confrontation is context sensitive, with confrontation used more when punishers have more to gain, and gossip used more when the costs of retaliation loom large.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Catherine Molho, Joshua M. Tybur, Paul A. M. Van Lange, Daniel Balliet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17286-2