Gender Differences in Sabotage: The Role of Uncertainty and Beliefs

The effect of losing and winning on cheating and effort in repeated competitions

“…However, there is also a dark side of competition. Several studies show that competition also increases sabotage (harming opponents' performance through dishonest means, e.g., Chowdhury and Gürtler, 2015) and cheating (improving own performance through dishonest means, e.g., Schwieren and Weichselbaumer, 2010;Dato and Nieken, 2015;Faravelli et al, 2015). While it may not always be practical to sabotage rivals, in most settings it should be possible to artificially improve own performance.…”