The Young and the Generous: A Qualitative Study Exploring Motivation and the Act of Charitable Giving in First-Year College Students

Autor/in	Hinkle, Kari B.
Titel	The Young and the Generous: A Qualitative Study Exploring Motivation and the Act of Charitable Giving in First-Year College Students
Quelle	(2019), (154 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Saint Louis University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3922-2274-4
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; College Freshmen; Private Financial Support; Student Motivation; Decision Making; Educational Environment; Self Concept; Student Organizations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Studienanfänger; Private Investition; Schulische Motivation; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Selbstkonzept; Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung
Abstract	This dissertation examined the influence of the higher education environment and an individual's identity and self-authorship on their decision to engage in charitable activity as a traditional first-year student in a higher education institution. The purpose of this study was to investigate the motivational factors of traditional students who made a financial contribution toward a charitable cause in their first year as an enrolled student in a higher education institution.The researcher used a qualitative single case study approach to collect data for this study, including a screening questionnaire and structured interview protocol. The guiding research questions for this study were: (1) what are the motivational factors behind traditional student's decisions to make a financial contribution toward a charitable cause in their first year as enrolled students in their higher education institution?; (2) how does the higher education environment influence a traditional students' motivation?; and (3) how does a traditional student's sense of identity and sense of self-authorship influence their motivation?Data analysis produced emerging themes. After being exposed to new people, new ideas and new information, first-year student participants acquired new characteristics or strengthened pre-existing characteristics and filtered their interests into different channels. Some individuals attached themselves to structured models of student organizations while other individuals navigated their first-year experience more freely and unattached. Regardless of which path they chose, these individuals felt the institutional environment played a role in encouraging them to engage in service-oriented activities with one of the specific outcomes being charitable giving. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01