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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
To help or not to help? The Good Samaritan effect and the love of money on helping behavior
Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 82, No. 4, Year 2008
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Description
This research tests a model of employee helping behavior (a component of Organizational Citizenship Behavior, OCB) that involves a direct path (Intrinsic Motives → Helping Behavior, the Good Samaritan Effect) and an indirect path (the Love of Money → Extrinsic Motives → Helping Behavior). Results for the full sample supported the Good Samaritan Effect. Further, the love of money was positively related to extrinsic motives that were negatively related with helping behavior. We tested the model across four cultures (the USA., Taiwan, Poland, and Egypt). The Good Samaritan Effect was significant for all four countries. For the indirect path, the first part was significant for all countries, except Egypt, whereas the second part was significant for Poland only. For Poland, the indirect path was significant and positive. The love of money may cause one to help in one culture (Poland) but not to help in others. Results were discussed in the light of ethical decision making. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Tang, Thomas Li Ping
United States, Murfreesboro
Middle Tennessee State University
Sutarso, Toto
United States, Murfreesboro
Middle Tennessee State University
Davis, Grace Mei Tzu Wu
United States
Eureka Globalization and Development Co.
Doliński, Dariusz
Poland, Warsaw
Swps Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
Ibrahim, Abdul Hamid Safwat
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Al-imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
Wagner, Sharon Lynn
United States, San Francisco
Genentech, Inc
Statistics
Citations: 154
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10551-007-9598-7
ISSN:
01674544
e-ISSN:
15730697
Study Locations
Egypt