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The effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: An exploration during COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created significant financial and operational challenges for some businesses. As a result, temporary welfare benefit reduction may be a tough but future-oriented choice for both employers and employees. The present study examined whether default nudges can be used to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038750 |
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author | Liu, Xin Zhao, Ning Zheng, Rui |
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description | The global COVID-19 pandemic has created significant financial and operational challenges for some businesses. As a result, temporary welfare benefit reduction may be a tough but future-oriented choice for both employers and employees. The present study examined whether default nudges can be used to promote employees’ approval of welfare-cutting policy while avoiding negative attitudes. Two online surveys were conducted during the first pandemic wave in China (February 2020). In the first study (N = 310), the participants were presented with a hypothetical welfare-cutting policy that used either an opt-in approach or an opt-out approach. We aimed to investigate how their approval and attitudes were different between two conditions. The results showed that the employees in the opt-out condition were more likely to accept the welfare-cutting policy than those in the opt-in condition, while participants’ attitudes toward the policy employing opt-out approach were as negative as that employing opt-in approach. Study 2 (N = 1,519) involved a replication of Study 1 with two additional improved opt-out approaches (opt-out education and opt-out transparency). Compared with the opt-in approach and standard opt-out approach, the opt-out education approach both increased policy support and improved attitudes toward the welfare-cutting policy. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-98741082023-01-26 The effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: An exploration during COVID-19 Liu, Xin Zhao, Ning Zheng, Rui Front Psychol Psychology The global COVID-19 pandemic has created significant financial and operational challenges for some businesses. As a result, temporary welfare benefit reduction may be a tough but future-oriented choice for both employers and employees. The present study examined whether default nudges can be used to promote employees’ approval of welfare-cutting policy while avoiding negative attitudes. Two online surveys were conducted during the first pandemic wave in China (February 2020). In the first study (N = 310), the participants were presented with a hypothetical welfare-cutting policy that used either an opt-in approach or an opt-out approach. We aimed to investigate how their approval and attitudes were different between two conditions. The results showed that the employees in the opt-out condition were more likely to accept the welfare-cutting policy than those in the opt-in condition, while participants’ attitudes toward the policy employing opt-out approach were as negative as that employing opt-in approach. Study 2 (N = 1,519) involved a replication of Study 1 with two additional improved opt-out approaches (opt-out education and opt-out transparency). Compared with the opt-in approach and standard opt-out approach, the opt-out education approach both increased policy support and improved attitudes toward the welfare-cutting policy. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9874108/ /pubmed/36710739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038750 Text en Copyright © 2023 Liu, Zhao and Zheng. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Liu, Xin Zhao, Ning Zheng, Rui The effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: An exploration during COVID-19 |
title | The effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: An exploration during COVID-19 |
title_full | The effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: An exploration during COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | The effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: An exploration during COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | The effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: An exploration during COVID-19 |
title_short | The effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: An exploration during COVID-19 |
title_sort | effects of default nudges on promoting approval of welfare cuts: an exploration during covid-19 |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1038750 |
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