Altruism as a motivation to volunteer

Unger, Lynette S.

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“…Unger, 1991;Smith, Kehoe and Cremer, 1995), social security and other welfare systems (e.g. Coate, 1995), intergenerational bequests and macroeconomic growth (e.g.…”

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Theories of commitment, altruism and reciprocity: Evidence from linear public goods games

Croson¹

1998

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Theories of commitment, altruism, and reciprocity have been invoked to explain and describe behavior in public goods and social dilemma situations. Commitment has been used to explain behaviors like water conservation and voting. Altruism has been applied to explain contributions to charities and intergenerational transfers and bequests. Reciprocity has been invoked to explain gift exchange and labor market decisions. This paper describes a set of experiments, which distinguish between these competing theories by testing their comparative statics predictions in a linear public goods setting. Results provide strong support for reciprocity theories over either theories of commitment or of altruism. DisciplinesOther Economics | Other Sociology | Theory, Knowledge and Science This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/oid_papers/60 Theories of Commitment, Altruism and Reciprocity: Evidence from Linear Public Goods GamesRachel T.A. Croson CrosonR@opim.wharton.upenn.edu April, 1998 Abstract Theories of commitment, altruism and reciprocity have all been invoked to explain and describe observed behavior in public goods and social dilemma situations. In particular, commitment theories have been used to explain behaviors like water conservation and voting. Theories of altruism are applied in explanation of contributions to charities and intergenerational transfers and bequests. And theories of reciprocity have been invoked to explain gift exchange and labor market decisions. This paper describes a set of experiments which distinguish between these competing theories by testing their comparative statics predictions in a linear public goods setting. Results provide strong support for reciprocity theories over either theories of commitment or of altruism.

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“…Unger, 1991;Smith, Kehoe and Cremer, 1995), social security and other welfare systems (e.g. Coate, 1995), intergenerational bequests and macroeconomic growth (e.g.…”

Section: B Altruism Theoriesmentioning

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Theories of commitment, altruism and reciprocity: Evidence from linear public goods games

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1998

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“…Nesta perspectiva ainda se faz relevante destacar que estudos internacionais (Unger, 1991;Caissie & Halpenny, 2003;Yeung, 2004;Trogdon, 2005;Prouteau & Wolff, 2007), bem como nacionais (Figueiredo, 2005;Cavalcante, 2012;Ageu, 2015;Aquino, 2015;Lemos, 2016;Cavalcante, 2016) Mediante os dados expostos, podemos considerar que os voluntários se sentem socialmente responsáveis pelo tipo de atividade realizada no Acesso Cidadão, tendo a resposta "Colaborar com a melhoria social", a maior média (9,22) dentre os indicadores do fator Afetivo. Em contrapartida, a resposta referente ao cumprimento das obrigações de cidadão foi a que recebeu menor média (7,74) e maior coeficiente de variância (37,00%) dentro deste fator, o que significa dizer que a maioria dos voluntários entendem que estão ali para auxiliar, para colaborar, não apenas para cumprir obrigações, fazer o dever de cidadão, mas sim, e reforçando a ideia do perfil Altruísta, por sentirem vontade de ajudar outras pessoas.…”

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“Ajudar os Outros me Deixa Feliz": Voluntariado e Felicidade no Projeto Acesso Cidadão

Moraes¹,

Silva²,

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ResumoO presente estudo objetivou identificar relações entre motivação e felicidade no trabalho dos voluntários do Projeto Acesso Cidadão. Para abordar a felicidade foi utilizado instrumento composto por fatores como afetos positivos, afetos negativos e realização no trabalho. Para mensurar os aspectos motivacionais do trabalhador voluntário foi utilizado instrumento que identifica uma hierarquia de ações, proposta em cinco níveis: altruísta, afetivo, amigável, ajustado e ajuizado. As análises demonstraram que os elementos relacionados ao bem-estar impactam positivamente na motivação dos voluntários. Conclui-se que o nível altruísta aparece em maior proporção como motivador e, que os fatores egoístas não demonstraram resultados representativos.Palavras-chave: felicidade, trabalho voluntário, motivação de voluntários, terceiro setor

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“…A number of researchers argue that people have two broad reasons for volunteering (Kawash, 2009;Omoto & Snyder, 1995;Penner & Finkelstein, 1998;Unger, 1991;Uny, 2008, reasons related to concern for others (altruistic motives) and those addressing their needs (egoistic motives). Clary et al (1998) suggest that the extent to which the volunteering experiences fulfil the underlying motivational factors corresponds to satisfaction with volunteer activities.…”

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“…Schmiesing, Soder, and Russell (2005), in their study on participants in an Extension Education Programme (focused on youth literacy), found that participants' values (altruism) were most important in the decision to engage in volunteer activity. A few studies such as Kiptot and Franzel (2014), Lukuyu et al (2012) and Kawash (2009) on FFE that have looked at reasons for volunteering identified factors such as altruism, gaining knowledge and skills, social and indirect financial benefits as the reasons that motivate farmers to volunteer.A number of researchers argue that people have two broad reasons for volunteering (Kawash, 2009;Omoto & Snyder, 1995;Penner & Finkelstein, 1998;Unger, 1991;Uny, 2008, reasons related to concern for others (altruistic motives) and those addressing their needs (egoistic motives). Clary et al (1998) suggest that the extent to which the volunteering experiences fulfil the underlying motivational factors corresponds to satisfaction with volunteer activities.…”

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Volunteer farmer-trainer motivations in East Africa: practical implications for enhancing farmer-to-farmer extension

Kiptot

Karuhanga

Franzel

et al. 2016

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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Farmer-to-farmer extension (FFE) has received considerable interest in developing countries due to a decline in government extension services. There are, however, questions as to how FFE can be improved to enhance effectiveness and sustainability of the approach. One area that may hold the key is to understand volunteer farmer-trainer (VFT) motivations. Informal and formal interviews were held with VFTs in a smallholder dairy development project in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Data were collected on the reasons why VFTs became trainers and why they continue to train. Findings of the study showed that VFTs were motivated by a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. These factors are not static; they change over time. Gaining knowledge and skills as well as altruism were found to be the most important motivating factors for becoming trainers in the three countries. However, a few years after becoming trainers, income earned from selling inputs and specialized services associated with training was an important motivating factor to VFTs in Kenya. In Uganda gaining knowledge and skills remained the most important whereas in Rwanda, a new motivation, increased demand for training, was the most important reason for continuing to train. These findings point to the fact that the general reasons that motivate VFTs irrespective of context are similar; however, the importance attached to motivations is context specific. These motivations can provide insights into which incentives can be enhanced to improve effectiveness and sustainability of FFE.Keywords: farmer-to-farmer extension; volunteer farmer trainers; fodder innovations; East Africa; motivation; sustainability Introduction Following the decline of government extension services in developing countries, low-cost community-based extension approaches have been developed to deliver technologies, help empower farmers to improve their capacities and, in addition, facilitate farmers to organize themselves for service provision and marketing (David, 2007). These extension approaches are demand driven, client oriented, cost effective and efficient (Kiptot & Franzel, 2014;Lukuyu, Place, Franzel, & Kiptot, 2012;Wellard, Rafanomezana, Nyirenda, Okotel, & Subbey, 2013). Farmers are placed at the centre of knowledge generation and dissemination processes. These approaches work on the assumption that farmers have the ability to spread innovations effectively due to their local knowledge, use of the local # 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. * Corresponding author. Email: e.kiptot@cgiar.org International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2016 Vol. 14, No....

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Altruism as a motivation to volunteer

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Theories of commitment, altruism and reciprocity: Evidence from linear public goods games

Theories of commitment, altruism and reciprocity: Evidence from linear public goods games

“Ajudar os Outros me Deixa Feliz": Voluntariado e Felicidade no Projeto Acesso Cidadão

Volunteer farmer-trainer motivations in East Africa: practical implications for enhancing farmer-to-farmer extension

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