Abstract
People's tendency to be more generous towards identifiable victims than towards unidentifiable or statistical victims is known as the identifiable victim effect. Recent research (Kogut & Ritov, 2007) called the generality of the effect into question, showing that in cross-national contexts, identifiability affects mostly willingness to help victims belonging to one's 'in-group'. The present research extends the investigation by examining the identifiability effect in inter-group conflict situations. In three experiments, employing hypothetical contributions as well as real monetary allocation in a dictator-game, we found that identifiability increased generosity towards a member of the adversary group, but it decreased generosity towards a member of one's own group. Possible mechanisms underlying this interaction are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 96-103 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2011 |
Keywords
- Charitable giving
- Identifiable victim
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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