Saturday, 20 January 2007

Psychological reasons for individual motivation (ongoing list)

Some thoughts on individuals' motivation for donating time or money to charity:
  • "psychic strain" caused by recently acquired or precarious social rank (from Robert's Making English Morals)
  • 1 comment:

    Rick said...

    See also Morris on vol socs and urban elites:
    "Joining an association entailed mild formal but limited commitment. This suited a situation in which migration rates and town size meant that significant numbers of people had the need and motivation to cooperate together but lacked the degree of trust and shared values created by kin and communal ties."