A Literature Review of Diffusion of Responsibility Phenomenon
These authors contributed equally.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.327How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Diffusion of responsibility; Group size; Self-awareness; Bystander effect; Risk-taking behavior; Helping; Social loafing
- Abstract
The concept of the diffusion of responsibility has been well studied with sufficient empirical attention. However, there is no literature review on this topic currently, so this review aimed to examine the existed literature on the topic of the diffusion of responsibility. Google Scholar and Baidu Scholar were used as the research database and “diffusion of responsibility” “group” “awareness” “culture” “bystander effect” were used as search keynwords. In this review, we selected the college class and charity donation situations to show the pervasiveness of the phenomenon of the diffusion of responsibility to show its pervasiveness in daily life. Then, the potential causes of the diffusion of responsibility as the group size, self-awareness, and culture were discussed. Lastly, we examined the phenomenon of the bystander effect, helping behavior, social loafing, and risk-taking behavior as the effects of the diffusion of responsibility. This work presented a systematic review on the topic of the diffusion of responsibility, and it laid a foundation for future related work.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Dening Liu AU - Xiaoyan Liu AU - Shuyi Wu PY - 2022 DA - 2022/06/01 TI - A Literature Review of Diffusion of Responsibility Phenomenon BT - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1806 EP - 1810 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220504.327 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.327 ID - Liu2022 ER -