Prosocial Spending and Subjective Well-Being: The Recipient Perspective

Zhang, Wuke; Chen, Mingliang; Xie, Ying; Zhao, Zhen

doi:10.1007/s10902-017-9918-2

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“…With regard to previous studies, which argued that the level of happiness of givers is higher if they know the level of wellbeing of the recipients (Aknin, et al, 2013;Gherghel, et al, 2019;Zhang, et al, 2018), some consequences need attention from intermediaries and the government, at least for three aspects as follows.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Aknin et al (2011) found that individuals get higher happiness from the money they give if they spend money on close others rather than on acquaintances. Moreover, other studies revealed that people would be more happiness if they could see the positive impact of their donations (Aknin et al, 2013;Gherghel et al, 2019;Zhang et al, 2018). It signifies that the form of donations that give a concrete promise will lead to higher happiness.…”

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Giving more enhances your happiness: Evidence from Indonesia

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Palani

Rabbani

2021

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Previous studies revealed that consuming activities and spending money to meet needs can improve individuals’ happiness. Our study showed that spending money, not for personal needs also has a big impact on individuals’ well-being. We used 26,464 observations of 4th and 5th waves of the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) to predict the expenditures for non-personal needs (known as prosocial expenditure) on one's subjective well-being. The estimation result of the probit model showed that pro-social expenditure had a positive correlation with subjective well-being. On average, those who spend more on charity are happier than people who spend less. We also found that prosocial expenditure among Muslim and non-Muslim observations had different effects on happiness and life satisfaction.

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Giving more enhances your happiness: Evidence from Indonesia

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Palani

Rabbani

2021

CHSS

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“…Bauer and Aiman-Smith [ 18 ] showed that EGB is due to the pursuit of green and environmental protection, and this behavior bestows on the employees a greater sense of social gain, which not only enhances their own self-image, but also benefits their career, and physical and mental health. As a kind of pro-social behavior, EGB not only promotes the sustainable development of the organization and the environment, but also make the implementer feel meaningful and satisfied, thereby enhancing their well-being [ 2 , 73 ]. Therefore, EGB satisfies people’s need for finding the meaning of work and obtaining a rich life.…”

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“…Research on the relationship between individual well-being and pro-social behavior has become an important well-being research topic [ 1 , 2 ]. Employee green behavior (EGB), a positive organizational behavior, is regarded as a micro-activity to solve environmental and sustainable development issues, which is essentially pro-social behavior.…”

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How Does Employee Green Behavior Impact Employee Well-Being? An Empirical Analysis

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Yang

Xiang-yang

et al. 2021

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The issue of environmental protection and sustainable development is a key research focus across multiple fields. Employee green behavior is considered to be an important micro-activity to address this. Researchers in the field of organizational behavior and sustainable development have been focusing on the influencing factors of employee green behavior. However, few have explored the beneficial effects of employee green behavior on behavioral implementers. The objective of this study is to investigate the relationships among employee green behavior, self-esteem, perceived organizational support for employee environmental efforts, and employee well-being, and to explore a new dimension of employee green behavior. We empirically examined the underlying framework by conducting two surveys to collect data from 900 employees working in manufacturing, construction, and the service industry in China. We performed multilevel path analysis using SPSS and AMOS software, and confirmed that employee green behavior includes four dimensions: green learning, individual practice, influencing others, and organizational voices. Further, employee green behavior has a significant positive impact on self-esteem, which in turn is converted into employee well-being. Finally, perceived organizational support for employee environmental efforts not only positively moderated the relationship between employee green behavior and self-esteem, but was also confirmed as a moderated mediation model. This study enriches the current literature on the measurement framework and variables of employee green behavior.

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“…In real life, people frequently spend their money to let recipients get gifts and even favors, generally with the purpose of getting recipients happy. If prosocial spending dose not has a positive effect on recipients' happiness, spenders' emotional benefits in prosocial spending seem to be not unleashed (Zhang et al ., 2017). From this point, recipients' happiness is closely associated with spenders' happiness and interests in prosocial spending and should be further studied.…”

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Recipients' happiness in prosocial spending: The role of social ties

Zhang

Pan

Liu

et al. 2020

Journal of Consumer Affairs

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In the past decade, a growing body of studies has explored spenders' happiness in prosocial spending (i.e., spending money on others). However, the happiness of recipients has been frequently ignored. Considering that most prosocial spending behaviors can be seen as a particular form of social interactions and emotional outcomes of social interactions depend on whom people interact with, the current study attempts to explore the influence of the social ties between spenders and recipients (strong vs. weak social ties) on recipients' happiness. More specifically, the present study also attempts to explain this influence from the aspect of basic psychological needs (i.e., relatedness, competence, and autonomy) satisfaction. Results of two studies reveal that gifts from strong social ties lead to recipients' greater happiness than those from weak social ties. Notably, relatedness satisfaction and competence satisfaction, but not autonomy satisfaction, explain this happiness effect of social ties.

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Prosocial Spending and Subjective Well-Being: The Recipient Perspective

Cited by 15 publications

References 49 publications

Giving more enhances your happiness: Evidence from Indonesia

Giving more enhances your happiness: Evidence from Indonesia

How Does Employee Green Behavior Impact Employee Well-Being? An Empirical Analysis

Recipients' happiness in prosocial spending: The role of social ties

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