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Charitable Motivation

Charitable Motivation is a psychological construct that denotes the intrinsic desire to benefit others through voluntary giving, distinguished from other motivational factors by its focus on altruistic values and prosocial impact within the context of donor behavior.

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Authors

554

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2017–2026

157

Variants

Philanthropic Motivation

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Publications

483

Impure Altruism and Donations to Public Goods: A Theory of Warm-Glow Giving

James Andreoni · The Economic Journal · 1990 · 5.8K citations

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Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving

Stefano DellaVigna, John A. List, Ulrike Malmendier · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2012 · 1.1K citations

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Neural Responses to Taxation and Voluntary Giving Reveal Motives for Charitable Donations

William T. Harbaugh, Ulrich Mayr, Daniel R. Burghart · Science · 2007 · 1.1K citations

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A little thanks goes a long way: Explaining why gratitude expressions motivate prosocial behavior.

Adam M. Grant, Francesca Gino · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2010 · 852 citations

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Gratitude as a Human Strength: Appraising the Evidence

Robert A. Emmons, Cheryl A. Crumpler · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · 2000 · 587 citations

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Authors

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    C. Daniel Batson

    University of Kansas, United States

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

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    René Bekkers

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    5 publications · 160 citations

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    Daniel Västfjäll

    Linköping University, Sweden

    5 publications · 376 citations

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  4. RB
    Roger Bennett

    London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 245 citations

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    John A. List

    University of Chicago, United States

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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Institutions

554

  1. Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    568 citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    5K citations

  5. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    759 citations

  6. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. London Metropolitan University

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    423 citations

  8. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 17 publications · 650 citations

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  3. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

    NVSQ · 13 publications · 938 citations

    11

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  4. Journal of Business Research

    JBR · 11 publications · 854 citations

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  5. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing

    11 publications · 536 citations

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