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Article: Money and flexible generosity
Title | Money and flexible generosity |
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Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Wiley, published in association with the British Psychological Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)2044-8309 |
Citation | British Journal of Social Psychology, 2021, v. 60 n. 4, p. 1262-1278 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Previous research on money and prosociality has described a monotonic pattern, showing that money reduces generosity. The present research aimed to examine whether money differently impairs generosity when arising from altruistic versus egoistic motives. To this end, we employed economic games designed to study generosity (e.g., the Dictator game) and varied experimental currency (i.e., money vs. candy/food). The results (N = 850) showed that although money made people ignore others when others were not crucial for their future gain, generosity was not impacted when egoistic motives (Study 1: avoiding sanctions; Studies 2 and 3: building reputation) were present. In other words, although people in general showed flexible prosociality by adjusting their generosity level according to game type, this was much more strongly the case when money rather than candy/food was the currency. In addition, we demonstrate a boundary condition of money on flexible generosity, namely imbuing money with prosocial meaning (Study 3). Some implications are discussed. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/308168 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 6.920 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.855 |
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dc.contributor.author | Wang, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Krumhuber, EG | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, H | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-12T13:43:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-12T13:43:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | British Journal of Social Psychology, 2021, v. 60 n. 4, p. 1262-1278 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0144-6665 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/308168 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Previous research on money and prosociality has described a monotonic pattern, showing that money reduces generosity. The present research aimed to examine whether money differently impairs generosity when arising from altruistic versus egoistic motives. To this end, we employed economic games designed to study generosity (e.g., the Dictator game) and varied experimental currency (i.e., money vs. candy/food). The results (N = 850) showed that although money made people ignore others when others were not crucial for their future gain, generosity was not impacted when egoistic motives (Study 1: avoiding sanctions; Studies 2 and 3: building reputation) were present. In other words, although people in general showed flexible prosociality by adjusting their generosity level according to game type, this was much more strongly the case when money rather than candy/food was the currency. In addition, we demonstrate a boundary condition of money on flexible generosity, namely imbuing money with prosocial meaning (Study 3). Some implications are discussed. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Wiley, published in association with the British Psychological Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)2044-8309 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | British Journal of Social Psychology | - |
dc.rights | Submitted (preprint) Version This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. Accepted (peer-reviewed) Version This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | - |
dc.title | Money and flexible generosity | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chen, Z: chenz@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chen, Z=rp00629 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/bjso.12450 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33604913 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85101017800 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 329796 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 60 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1262 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1278 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000619478500001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |