On March 11, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. As the virus spread, governments called on citizens to comply with handwashing and social distancing behaviors. We use survey data from Finland and the United States to examine whether collaborative dimensions help predict compliance with health protective behaviors related to combatting COVID-19. We also investigate whether these factors’ influence on compliance varies between a market regime such as the United States and a more statist regime such as Finland. Our findings provide important insight for public administrators in crafting messages to the public that emphasize citizens’ collaborative role in combatting a pandemic.

3月11日，COVID-19被宣布为大流行病。随着病毒的传播，政府呼吁公民遵守洗手和远离社会的行为。我们使用来自芬兰和美国的调查数据来检验协作维度是否有助于预测对与打击COVID-19有关的健康保护行为的遵守情况。我们还调查了这些因素对合规性的影响在美国这样的市场制度和芬兰这样的更加国家主义的制度之间是否有所不同。我们的发现为公共管理人员向公众制作强调公民在防治大流行病方面的协作作用的信息提供了重要的见解。