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Alempaki, Despoina, Doğan, Gönül and Yang, Yang (2021) Lying in a foreign language? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 185 . pp. 946-961. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2020.10.027 ISSN 0167-2681.

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Abstract

We experimentally investigate whether using a foreign language affects social and personal norms on dishonesty, and whether language dependent norms explain lying behaviour. Participants can inflate their relative performance in a real effort task, and thereby increase their own payoff at a cost to another. As our main treatment manipulation, we vary the language of the experiment, that is conducted either in one’s native or a foreign language. We find that dishonesty is generally perceived as more socially inappropriate in one’s native language. However, we do not find a systematic foreign language effect on lying behaviour.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Truthfulness and falsehood , Standard language , Social norms , Social norms -- Economic aspects, Business ethics
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Publisher: Elsevier Science BV
ISSN: 0167-2681
Official Date: May 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
May 2021Published
24 November 2020Available
29 October 2020Accepted
Volume: 185
Page Range: pp. 946-961
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.10.027
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 3 November 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 24 May 2022
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
ES/K002201/1[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
ES/P008976/1[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
RP2012-V-022Meyer Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100005162
71703175[NSFC] National Natural Science Foundation of Chinahttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809
71773147[NSFC] National Natural Science Foundation of Chinahttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809
71873149[NSFC] National Natural Science Foundation of Chinahttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809
2017A030310392Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Provincehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003453
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