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In- and Out-Group Biases and Public Service Motivation: A Configurational Study of Donation Behavior in China

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  • Arjen van Witteloostuijn
  • Jianhong Zhang
  • Chaohong Zhou

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We seek to offer a threefold contribution to extant knowledge regarding the effect of public service motivation on the actual behavior of individual citizens. First, theoretically, we examine the role of public service motivation as a potential antecedent of in-group favoritism and out-group discrimination in an inter-country context through a configurational lens. Second, empirically, we contribute to the state of the art by conducting an incentivized donation study in which Chinese participants have to decide about giving away real money to poor students in the Chinese province Yunnan and/or neighboring country Myanmar. Third, methodologically, we analyze the impact of bundles of potential conditions promoting donation by applying fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, next to classic probabilistic regression.

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  • Arjen van Witteloostuijn & Jianhong Zhang & Chaohong Zhou, 2024. "In- and Out-Group Biases and Public Service Motivation: A Configurational Study of Donation Behavior in China," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(10), pages 646-662, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:47:y:2024:i:10:p:646-662
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2022.2162920
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