The anticommons dilemma is not a well known dilemma, but wellworth studying as it has a practical impact on individuals and society when it occurs. It occurs when multiple people co-own a resource...Show moreThe anticommons dilemma is not a well known dilemma, but wellworth studying as it has a practical impact on individuals and society when it occurs. It occurs when multiple people co-own a resource or property who have to grant each other permission in order to use or sell the resource. This study explores whether in an anticommons dilemma a participant’s feeling of ownership over a resource increases when he or she has to put effort into obtaining it. Half of the participants (Ntotal = 208) had to exert effort by doing an effort task in order to influence their Willingness To Accept (WTA) value, i.e. the amount of points they are willing to accept as payment in order to let the other co-owner use the resource. The participants also filled in a Psychological Ownership scale. Effort did not significantly influence psychological ownership, but psychological ownership did significantly influence WTA. There was no significant WTA difference between the (un)equal effort treatment conditions. The effects of effort are further analysed and discussed.Show less
One of the many obstacles in creating a healthy work environment is to reduce the amount of sedentary time across the day. One intervention that is becoming increasingly more common is the use of a...Show moreOne of the many obstacles in creating a healthy work environment is to reduce the amount of sedentary time across the day. One intervention that is becoming increasingly more common is the use of a flexible desk, which allows employees to stand up during work without affecting their performance. In this study, we investigated the relationship between posture, arousal, and subjective work experience. Our study follows a within-subject design where participants completed both a flexible (alternating sections of 15-minutes sitting and 15-minutes standing) and a sitting condition (continuous sitting session) across two 2-hour test sessions. A cardiac measure was used to test a predicted physiological proxy of arousal in combination with selfreported arousal. From these measurements we tested whether they mediate the effects of posture on effort, tiredness and task engagement. Our results show that the physiological measure of heart rate variability was not a good proxy of arousal, as it did not mediate the effects of posture on self-reported arousal. Using mediation analyses we were able to show that posture leads to a reduction in effort and tiredness, fully mediated by self-reported arousal. No reliable association between posture and task engagement was found. These results show that using a flexible desk can aid in creating a healthy work environment, even on a short-term basis. Future research can expand on our study by investigating the link between posture and fatigue across multiple task conditions with diverse socio-demographic groups.Show less
