Four forms of prosocial motivation: Egoism, altruism, collectivism, and principlism

Social Motivation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 103-126

  Batson, C Daniel ^a   Ahmad, Nadia ^a   Stock, E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

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