How can we master the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic? The role of planning at social levels
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In: European Review of Social Psychology, Vol. 32, No. 1, 05.2021, p. 1-46.
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T1 - How can we master the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic? The role of planning at social levels
AU - Thürmer, J. Lukas
AU - Wieber, Frank
AU - Gollwitzer, Peter M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Mastering global challenges such as the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic requires implementing effective responses at various social levels. Leadership teams (governmental, industrial) need to integrate available information to introduce effective regulation and update their decisions as new information becomes available. Groups (families, peers, teams) need to act persistently, even when these actions oppose members’ individual short-term interests. Moreover, individuals need to stay calm and act diligently, while dealing with emotions of threat and resisting counterproductive social influence. Our research programme on implementation intentions at social levels suggests that collective if-then plans facilitate goal attainment for teams, groups, and individuals in social contexts. We therefore analyse how if-then planning can help master global human challenges such as the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic.
AB - Mastering global challenges such as the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic requires implementing effective responses at various social levels. Leadership teams (governmental, industrial) need to integrate available information to introduce effective regulation and update their decisions as new information becomes available. Groups (families, peers, teams) need to act persistently, even when these actions oppose members’ individual short-term interests. Moreover, individuals need to stay calm and act diligently, while dealing with emotions of threat and resisting counterproductive social influence. Our research programme on implementation intentions at social levels suggests that collective if-then plans facilitate goal attainment for teams, groups, and individuals in social contexts. We therefore analyse how if-then planning can help master global human challenges such as the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic.
KW - Collective implementation intentions
KW - Coronavirus pandemic: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
KW - group performance
KW - planning in teams
KW - social influence
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106074592&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10463283.2020.1852699
DO - 10.1080/10463283.2020.1852699
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85106074592
VL - 32
SP - 1
EP - 46
JO - European Review of Social Psychology
JF - European Review of Social Psychology
SN - 1046-3283
IS - 1
ER -