Empathy as added value in predicting donation behavior

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1288-1295

  Verhaert, Griet A ^a   Van den Poel, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Empathy; Field study; Fundraising; Hierarchical regression; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052872857     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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