The Impact of Political Cleavages, Religiosity, and Values on Attitudes towards Nonprofit Organizations

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ID5936035
AuthorsMarko Kovic (0000-0001-5926-7365, Ars Cognitionis GmbH, Buckhauserstrasse 34, 8048 Zurich, Switzerland, corresponding author), Nina Hänsli (Walker Management AG, Bahnhofstrasse 7b, 6210 Sursee, Switzerland)
Year2017
Volume7
Issue1
Pages2
Publication date2017-12-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci7010002
OpenAlexW2780714215
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited55

Individual, micro-level attitudes towards nonprofit organizations (NPOs) can have many potential determinants. In this study, we explore the impact of three categories of potential determinants of attitudes towards NPOs: Political cleavages (the cultural integration vs. demarcation cleavage and the economic integration vs. demarcation cleavage); religiosity and spirituality; and values (the survival vs. self-expression value dimension). Based on a representative survey in Switzerland, we estimate the impact of those factors for five different attitudinal dimensions and six different NPO types. The Bayesian model estimates show that all three categories of determinants have small to moderate impact. The effects of religiosity, spirituality, the self-expression value dimension, and of economic integration are generally positive. The effects of the survival value dimension and of cultural demarcation are generally negative, with the exception of the NPO type of professional associations

Cleavage (geology · Dimension (graph theory · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Spirituality · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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