Because of you I did not give up – Peer effects in perseverance

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Standard

Because of you I did not give up – Peer effects in perseverance. / Gerhards, Leonie; Gravert, Christina.

I: Journal of Economic Psychology, Bind 81, 102316, 12.2020.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Gerhards, L & Gravert, C 2020, 'Because of you I did not give up – Peer effects in perseverance', Journal of Economic Psychology, bind 81, 102316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102316

APA

Gerhards, L., & Gravert, C. (2020). Because of you I did not give up – Peer effects in perseverance. Journal of Economic Psychology, 81, [102316]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102316

Vancouver

Gerhards L, Gravert C. Because of you I did not give up – Peer effects in perseverance. Journal of Economic Psychology. 2020 dec.;81. 102316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102316

Author

Gerhards, Leonie ; Gravert, Christina. / Because of you I did not give up – Peer effects in perseverance. I: Journal of Economic Psychology. 2020 ; Bind 81.

Bibtex

@article{582d6c301a5a4201a062579077b67774,
title = "Because of you I did not give up – Peer effects in perseverance",
abstract = "It has been shown that both perseverance as well as peer effects affect performance. In our experiment, we investigate the interplay between these two factors. Participants work on a wordplay task where we quantify perseverance as the decision to continue working hard in the face of challenges. We find that persevering on the task is significantly correlated with the psychological questionnaire measure of grit (Duckworth et al., 2007). In an additional treatment, we provide participants with information about a peer's contemporaneous perseverance on the task. This significantly increases participants{\textquoteright} perseverance on the task independently of their perseverance as measured in the questionnaire, suggesting that it does not only depend on individuals{\textquoteright} inherent traits, but can also be increased by peers.",
keywords = "Grit, Laboratory experiment, Peer effects, Perseverance, Real-effort",
author = "Leonie Gerhards and Christina Gravert",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.joep.2020.102316",
language = "English",
volume = "81",
journal = "Journal of Economic Psychology",
issn = "0167-4870",
publisher = "Elsevier",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Because of you I did not give up – Peer effects in perseverance

AU - Gerhards, Leonie

AU - Gravert, Christina

PY - 2020/12

Y1 - 2020/12

N2 - It has been shown that both perseverance as well as peer effects affect performance. In our experiment, we investigate the interplay between these two factors. Participants work on a wordplay task where we quantify perseverance as the decision to continue working hard in the face of challenges. We find that persevering on the task is significantly correlated with the psychological questionnaire measure of grit (Duckworth et al., 2007). In an additional treatment, we provide participants with information about a peer's contemporaneous perseverance on the task. This significantly increases participants’ perseverance on the task independently of their perseverance as measured in the questionnaire, suggesting that it does not only depend on individuals’ inherent traits, but can also be increased by peers.

AB - It has been shown that both perseverance as well as peer effects affect performance. In our experiment, we investigate the interplay between these two factors. Participants work on a wordplay task where we quantify perseverance as the decision to continue working hard in the face of challenges. We find that persevering on the task is significantly correlated with the psychological questionnaire measure of grit (Duckworth et al., 2007). In an additional treatment, we provide participants with information about a peer's contemporaneous perseverance on the task. This significantly increases participants’ perseverance on the task independently of their perseverance as measured in the questionnaire, suggesting that it does not only depend on individuals’ inherent traits, but can also be increased by peers.

KW - Grit

KW - Laboratory experiment

KW - Peer effects

KW - Perseverance

KW - Real-effort

U2 - 10.1016/j.joep.2020.102316

DO - 10.1016/j.joep.2020.102316

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85090420581

VL - 81

JO - Journal of Economic Psychology

JF - Journal of Economic Psychology

SN - 0167-4870

M1 - 102316

ER -

ID: 252301478