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Determinants of willingness to help : Evidence from a survey experiment
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Cost-reward model
Experiments
Factorial survey approach
Willingness to help
Sociology and Political Science
Law
Experiments
Factorial survey approach
Willingness to help
Sociology and Political Science
Law
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/27388
Abstract
We analysed determinants of willingness to help using a factorial survey approach (n = 405 individuals, n = 5937 vignettes). We tested the effect of situational characteristics and how characteristics of the bystander and the person in need influence willingness to help in hypothetical situations within the framework of a cost-reward model. We found that the situation itself has the strongest effect: willingness to help was strongest when the net gain of helping was positive, whereas it was weaker in situations when the cost of helping and cost of not receiving help were equal.
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Journal article
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2022
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10.17356/ieejsp.v8i1.641