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| Helping Behavior in Social Contexts: A Case Study of the Tzu-Chi Association in Taiwan | ||
| 作者 | Ting, Jen-chieh (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.58 n.6 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 1997 |
| 頁次 | 2397 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| 系所名稱 | Department of Sociology |
| 指導教授 | Piliavin, Jane A. |
| 畢業年度 | 1997 |
| 附註項 | 524p |
| 關鍵詞 | General Sociology; Social Psychology; Asian History; Australia and OceaniaSocial Movements; Volunteerism |
| 摘要 | This is a case study of the Buddhist Tzu-Chi Association in Taiwan, a volunteer, charitable organization that has been expanding rapidly in recent years. From the case of Tzu-Chi, this study tries to discover how helping behavior may actually begin, develop, and be maintained in real social contexts. Past research projects on helping behavior have often relied on experimental approaches to studying spontaneous helping episodes. The current case study was conducted using qualitative methods, including participant observation and intensive interviews, and was brought about by a specific concern--how helping behavior works in everyday life. This study can compensate for the theoretical and empirical gaps in past studies of helping behaviors regarding the general patterns of helping in social contexts. Several topics are addressed: (1) Tzu-Chi's recruitment processes and influence of social networks on participants' prosocial commitments; (2) Tzu-Chi's collective action frame and its meaning for participants; (3) the prosocial commitment process among Tzu-Chi participants; (4) the motivation and motive talk regarding commitment among participants; and (5) the institutionalization of the norm of giving in Tzu-Chi's collective settings. We found that Tzu-Chi participants' prosocial commitments are socially fostered and constructed in a rather lengthy interactive process. However, even under these social influences, Tzu-Chi participants usually articulate that their reasons for helping are self-motivated. Tzu-Chi participants talk about their prosocial commitment based upon cultural repertoires and collective norms. By contextualizing themselves in these cultural repertoires and norms, Tzu-Chi participants not only make their prosocial commitment become more meaningful, but also persuade themselves and others that they should continue to engage in this prosocial behavior. As a result, each Tzu-Chi participant thus can continue his or her prosocial commitment in a specific social context. |
| ISBN | 9780591459913 |
| 點閱次數 | 281 |
| 建檔日期 | 2000.02.01 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.31 |
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