People obey the law if they believe it's legitimate, not because they fear punishment - this is the startling conclusion of Tom Tyler's classic study. Tyler suggests that lawmakers and law enforcers would do much better to make legal systems worthy of respect than to try to instil fear of punishment[...]
Any organization's success depends upon the voluntary cooperation of its members. But what motivates people to cooperate? In "Why People Cooperate", Tom Tyler challenges the decades-old notion that individuals within groups are primarily motivated by their self-interest. Instead, he demonstrates tha[...]
Explores the psychological motives that shape the extent and nature of people's cooperative behavior in groups. The authors bring together two literatures: the study of rule following behavior and the study of helping behavior.[...]