Replication materials for: Social networks and organizational helping behavior

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Hande Erkut; Ernesto Reuben

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Erkut, Hande, and Reuben, Ernesto. Replication materials for: Social networks and organizational helping behavior. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-04-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E226922V1

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This paper studies the causal impact of social ties and network structure on helping behavior in organizations. We introduce and experimentally study a game called the `helping game,' where individuals unilaterally decide whether to incur a cost to help other team members when helping is a rivalrous good. We find that social ties have a strong positive effect on helping behavior. Individuals are more likely to help those with whom they are connected, but the likelihood of helping decreases as the social distance between individuals increases. Additionally, individuals randomly assigned to be more central in the network are more likely to help others.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Tamkeen \ NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute (Award CG005); Russell Sage Foundation (Small grants program in behavioral economics)



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