The Philanthropy Scale: a Sociological Perspective in Measuring New Forms of Pro Social Behaviour

In wealthy countries, philanthropy is conspicuous back on stage. It appears in new forms, worldwide. As a result, scholarly attention for philanthropy is growing. Philanthropic goals refer to persons, groups and communities who, in most cases, are not personally known to the giver. In research, however, philanthropic motivations of individuals are usually measured by socio-psychological scales which presuppose direct interactions. Measuring philanthropy could therefore be improved by incorporating a sociological frame of reference as well. As a starting point, this article presents a prelimina... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Schuyt, Theo
Bekkers, Rene
Smit, Jan
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Schlagwörter: giving in the Netherlands / philanthropic attitude / philanthropic goals / philanthropic measurement scale / philanthropic motivation
Sprache: Englisch
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In wealthy countries, philanthropy is conspicuous back on stage. It appears in new forms, worldwide. As a result, scholarly attention for philanthropy is growing. Philanthropic goals refer to persons, groups and communities who, in most cases, are not personally known to the giver. In research, however, philanthropic motivations of individuals are usually measured by socio-psychological scales which presuppose direct interactions. Measuring philanthropy could therefore be improved by incorporating a sociological frame of reference as well. As a starting point, this article presents a preliminary version of the philanthropy scale that has been tested in the panel survey of the Giving in the Netherlands (GIN) study. The results are discussed in terms of shortcomings and challenges for further research. ; Dans les pays riches, la philantrophie est remarquablement de retour. Elle apparait dans des nouvelles formes a travers le monde. De suite, l’ attention scientifique pour la philantrophie est croissante. Les objectifs philatrophiques peuvent se referrer a des personnes, groupes ou communautés qui, dans la plupart des cas ne sont pas connus personellement par les donateurs. Tout-de-meme, dans la recherche les motivations philantrophiques individuelles sont en general mesurées par des échelles des psychologie sociale qui presupposent des interactions directes. Mesurer la philantrophie pourrait donc étre amélioré en incorporant und cadre de référence sociologique. Comme point de depart, cet article présente une version préliminaire d’ une échelle philantrophique qui a été testé dans l’ enquéte “Giving in the Netherlands”. Les resultats sont discutées en matière des points faibles et des defis pour des recherches futures. ; 摘要 在福利国家,慈善引人注目地回到了舞台。它在世界范围内表现出新的形式。因此,学术界对慈善的关注也在不断增加。慈善的目标涉及到人、群体和社区,他们在大多数情况下并不为捐助者本人所知。然而,在研究中,个人的慈善动机通常通过社会-心理量表来测量,这些量表对直接的互动做出预设。测量慈善因此也可以通过吸收社会学的参考框架得到提高。作为一个开始,本文提供了慈善量表的一个初步版本,该量表已经在“荷兰的捐助”(GIN)研究项目的典型对象调查中得到了测试。研究结果显示了存在的不足,并为进一步研究提出了挑战。