Implicit Motives Across Cultures

Hofer, Jan; Chasiotis, Athanasios

doi:10.9707/2307-0919.1097

Cited by 15 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 61 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…There is no empirical research suggesting that antecedents of volunteering differ across cultures (Clary et al, 1998; Omoto & Snyder, 1995; Penner & Finkelstein, 1998). Neither do findings from motivational research indicate that implicit and explicit motives function differently across different cultures (for an overview, see Hofer & Chasiotis, 2011).…”

Section: The Present Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Cross-Cultural Study of Explicit and Implicit Motivation for Long-Term Volunteering

Aydinli

Bender

Chasiotis

et al. 2015

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We propose a model of volunteering and test its validity across four cultural groups. We hypothesize that individuals’ explicit prosocial motivation relates positively to sustained volunteering, which is conceptualized as a latent factor comprising activity as a volunteer, service length, service frequency, and hours of volunteering. Moreover, we introduced implicit prosocial motivation and hypothesized that the relationship between explicit prosocial motivation and sustained volunteering would be amplified by implicit prosocial motivation. Data were collected from samples in China, Germany, Turkey, and the United States. Results confirmed our expectation that, across cultures, sustained volunteering was associated with explicit prosocial motivation and that the relationship between explicit prosocial motivation and sustained volunteering was strongest when implicit prosocial motivation was also high. By including implicit prosocial motivation, our study offers a novel approach to identifying sustained volunteer involvement, which can be of particular relevance for recruitment activities of voluntary organizations across various cultural contexts.

show abstract

Section: The Present Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Cross-Cultural Study of Explicit and Implicit Motivation for Long-Term Volunteering

Aydinli

Bender

Chasiotis

et al. 2015

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Whereas implicit motives develop during the pre-linguistic stage, the development of explicit motives is a cognition-driven process that takes place after language, self, and conceptual representations have been formed (Hofer & Chasiotis, 2011). Furthermore, the systems differ in how they develop and the type of behaviors they relate to.…”

Section: A Dual Process Approach To Motivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implicit and explicit prosocial motivation as antecedents of volunteering: The moderating role of parenthood

Aydinli

Bender

Chasiotis

et al. 2015

Personality and Individual Differences

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…McClelland, Koestner, and Weinberger (1989) distinguished between two motivational systems: On the one hand there is a motivational system operating on the conscious level (explicit or self-attributed), and on the other hand a motivational system that functions at the preconscious level (implicit). Because of their preverbal origins and unconscious nature, implicit motives are measured through projective, fantasy-based methods such as the Thematic Apperception Test [TAT] (Murray, 1943) and its more recent modifications like the Picture Story Exercise [PSE] or the Operant Multimotive Test [OMT] (Hofer and Chasiotis, 2011; Schultheiss and Brunstein, 2010). Such implicit motive tests are therefore qualified for assessing contents of preverbal developmental phases and manifestations of unconscious affective dispositions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Childhood Context Explains Cultural Variance in Implicit Parenting Motivation: Results from Two Studies with Six Samples from Cameroon, Costa Rica, Germany, and PR China

2014

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We investigated the effect of the childhood context variables number of siblings (study 1 and 2) and parental SES (study 2) on implicit parenting motivation across six cultural samples, including Africa (2xCameroon), Asia (PR China), Europe (2xGermany), and Latin America (Costa Rica). Implicit parenting motivation was assessed using an instrument measuring implicit motives (OMT, Operant Multimotive Test;Kuhl and Scheffer, 2001). Replicating and extending results from previous studies, regression analyses and structural equation models show that the number of siblings and parental SES explain a large amount of cultural variance, ranging from 64% to 82% of the cultural variance observed in implicit parenting motivation. Results are discussed within the framework of evolutionary developmental psychology.

show abstract

Implicit Motives Across Cultures

Cited by 15 publications

References 61 publications

A Cross-Cultural Study of Explicit and Implicit Motivation for Long-Term Volunteering

A Cross-Cultural Study of Explicit and Implicit Motivation for Long-Term Volunteering

Implicit and explicit prosocial motivation as antecedents of volunteering: The moderating role of parenthood

Childhood Context Explains Cultural Variance in Implicit Parenting Motivation: Results from Two Studies with Six Samples from Cameroon, Costa Rica, Germany, and PR China

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About