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• 1981

  M.A.

  Ph.D.

  Social Psychology

• 1977

  B.S.

  Psychology

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  Group Identity and Stakeholder Conflict in Water Resource Management

  Linda L. Putnam

  Tarla Rai Peterson

  The central problem addressed in this chapter is: When does knowledge about environmental problems result in action and when does it not? We propose that group identity may be an important mediator between knowledge and action. Figure 13.1 shows our theoretical framework for analyzing the links between knowledge and action. In this chapter we use this conceptual model to organize our presentation of two case studies on water resource management. \n\nSee URL link below to this publication on researchgate.net profile.\n\n

  Group Identity and Stakeholder Conflict in Water Resource Management

  A field study and scenario study were conducted to investigate the impact of a structural solution in the management of a natural resource dilemma: the effects of individual metering in a water shortage. It was predicted that metering would be beneficial in promoting conservation

  in particular

  when people experienced a shortage. Consistent with expectations

  the results of both studies revealed that conservation efforts were greater among metered (vs. unmetered) participants when they perceived the water shortage as severe. Additional analyses suggested that the positive effect of metering could be partially explained by a greater concern with the collective costs of overconsumption during the drought. Our findings suggest that structural solutions

  such as metering

  may produce concomitant effects that extend beyond the outcome structure of the social dilemma.\n\nSee URL link below to this publication on researchgate.net profile.\n\n

  The Impact of Personal Metering in the Management of a Natural Resource Crisis: A Social Dilemma Analysis

  Susan J. Gilbertz

  Tarla Rai Peterson

  Letitia T. Alston

  Marty Matlock

  Guy D. Whitten

  Arnold Vedlitz

  This chapter explores citizen participation and representation in collaborative projects using a case study involving two watershed restoration councils in San Antonio

  Texas. Our research team formed these councils to develop long-term watershed restoration plans. We describe a theoretical framework for representation of participants in these councils as well as our attempt to use this framework in recruiting stakeholders to participate in watershed restoration councils. The findings

  based on surveys of citizens at large as well as participants in the watershed restoration councils

  suggest that representation may be the most difficult legitimacy criterion to accomplish in the collaborative engagement process.\n\nSee URL link below to this publication on researchgate.net profile.\n\n

  Citizen Participation and Representation in Collaborative Engagement Processes

  Jennifer L. Dent

  Scott T. Allison

  Two studies were conducted to test a two-stage model of the psychological mechanisms underlying the overconsumption of scarce resources in small groups. The model proposes that members of groups sharing resources first anchor their consumption choices on an “equal-division” heuristic and then

  given sufficient cognitive capacity

  adjust their choices in a self-serving direction. The results from both studies support the model. The first study found that when faced with a common resource pool almost all group members expressed thoughts regarding equality; however

  individuals with sufficient cognitive capacity requested more from the pool and expressed more task-relevant thoughts than individuals lacking the necessary cognitive resources. The second study provided additional support for the two-stage model by demonstrating that group members' cognitions occur in the order predicted by the model and by demonstrating that an individual difference

  social value orientation

  affects thought processes only when individuals are not experiencing high cognitive loads. Implications are discussed.\n\nSee URL link below to this publication on researchgate.net profile.\n

  Cognitive Load and the Equality Heuristic: A Two-Stage Model of Resource Overconsumption in Small Groups

  This chapter reviews the literature on collaborative engagement processes in ecosystem management. See URL link below to this publication on researchgate.net profile.\n

  Collaborative Processes in Ecosystem Management.

  Charles

  SAGE Publications

  Texas A&M University

  Texas A&M University

  College Station

  Texas

  Assistant Professor

  Department of Psychology

  Texas A&M University

  SAGE Publications

  Texas A&M University

  College Station

  Texas

  Associate Department Head

  Department of Psychology

  College Station

  Texas

  Associate Professor

  Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

  Texas A&M University

  College Station

  Texas

  Associate Head of Graduate Studies

  Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

  Texas A&M University

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

  Associate Professor Emeritus

  Texas A&M University

  Association for Psychological Science

  Society of Experimental Social Psychology