IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/oup/jconrs/v44y2017i1p182-195..html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Power Distance Belief, Power, and Charitable Giving

Author

Listed:
  • Dahee Han
  • Ashok K. Lalwani
  • Adam Duhachek

Abstract

Three studies examine the relation between power distance belief (PDB), the tendency to accept and expect inequalities in society; power, the control one has over valued resources; and charitable giving. Results suggest that the effect of PDB depends on the power held by the donor. In low-PDB contexts, people high (vs. low) in psychological power tend to be more self-focused (vs. other-focused), and this leads them to be less charitable. In high-PDB contexts, however, people high (vs. low) in psychological power tend to be more other-focused (vs. self-focused), and this leads them to be more charitable. The authors also explore several boundary conditions for these relationships and conclude with the implications of these findings.

Suggested Citation

  • Dahee Han & Ashok K. Lalwani & Adam Duhachek, 2017. "Power Distance Belief, Power, and Charitable Giving," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 44(1), pages 182-195.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jconrs:v:44:y:2017:i:1:p:182-195.
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/jcr/ucw084
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:oup:jconrs:v:44:y:2017:i:1:p:182-195.. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://academic.oup.com/jcr .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.