Getting Connected: An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Social Capital and Philanthropy Among Online Volunteers
Getting Connected: An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Social Capital and Philanthropy Among Online Volunteers
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DOI：
10.1177/0899764018794905
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发表时间：
2018-08
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
J. Cox;E. Oh;Brooke D. Simmons;G. Graham;A. Greenhill;C. Lintott;K. Masters;R. Meriton
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作者：
J. Cox;E. Oh;Brooke D. Simmons;G. Graham;A. Greenhill;C. Lintott;K. Masters;R. Meriton
社会资本的概念引起了研究人员和政策制定者的广泛关注，这主要是由于其与积极的社会成果和志愿服务和捐赠等慈善行为的联系。然而，互联网技术和社交媒体网络的快速发展从根本上影响了社会资本的形成及其与亲社会行为的潜在联系方式。本研究利用在线志愿者调查的独特数据来探索社会资本与线上和线下环境中自我报告和观察到的慈善活动之间的相互关系。我们的研究结果表明，虽然社会资本水平与线下捐赠密切相关，但线上和线下环境中的社会资本与志愿服务之间的关系存在重大差异。使用两阶段最小二乘（2SLS）回归分析来控制内生性，我们还推断出社会资本与慈善事业之间的一些因果关系。
The concept of social capital has attracted much attention from researchers and policy makers, largely due to links with positive social outcomes and philanthropic acts such as volunteering and donations. However, a rapid growth in Internet technologies and social media networks has fundamentally affected the formation of social capital, as well as the way in which it potentially associates with prosocial behaviors. This study uses unique data from a survey of online volunteers to explore the interrelationships between social capital and a mix of self-reported and observed philanthropic activities in both online and offline settings. Our results show that while social capital levels associate strongly with offline donations, there are key differences in the relationships between social capital and volunteering in online and offline settings. Using two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression analysis to control for endogeneity, we also infer a number of causal relationships between social capital and philanthropy.