TY - GEN
T1 - Gossip and Pro Social Behavior
AU - Eckhaus, Eyal
AU - Ben-Hador, Batia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Volunteerism is pro-social behavior that positively affects both society and the volunteers themselves. Gossip is also a pro-social behavior, but usually perceived as negative. This research focuses on the effect of pro-social attitudes, age, and gossip on pro-social behavior, and specifically on the intention to volunteer. A mixed method design was employed, combining manual and automated classification methods. Predicated on data elicited from 598 respondents, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) for convergent and discriminant validity were conducted. Path Analysis was used for goodness-of-fit analysis. The findings confirmed the hypotheses, suggesting that age, anti-gossip, and pro-social attitudes precede the intention to volunteer. Gossip was found to be perceived as negative despite its positive characteristics. This study represents an important attempt at determining the antecedents of the intention to volunteer as well as adding to our knowledge of gossip and refuting ageist stereotypes.
AB - Volunteerism is pro-social behavior that positively affects both society and the volunteers themselves. Gossip is also a pro-social behavior, but usually perceived as negative. This research focuses on the effect of pro-social attitudes, age, and gossip on pro-social behavior, and specifically on the intention to volunteer. A mixed method design was employed, combining manual and automated classification methods. Predicated on data elicited from 598 respondents, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) for convergent and discriminant validity were conducted. Path Analysis was used for goodness-of-fit analysis. The findings confirmed the hypotheses, suggesting that age, anti-gossip, and pro-social attitudes precede the intention to volunteer. Gossip was found to be perceived as negative despite its positive characteristics. This study represents an important attempt at determining the antecedents of the intention to volunteer as well as adding to our knowledge of gossip and refuting ageist stereotypes.
KW - Age
KW - Gossip
KW - Mix-method
KW - Pro-social
KW - Volunteer
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-20154-8_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-20154-8_8
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AN - SCOPUS:85069187441
SN - 9783030201531
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 83
EP - 94
BT - Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership
A2 - Kantola, Jussi Ilari
A2 - Nazir, Salman
T2 - AHFE International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, and the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Management and Leadership, 2019
Y2 - 24 July 2019 through 28 July 2019
ER -