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dc.contributor.authorDesai, Naman
dc.contributor.authorDalal, Sharvari
dc.contributor.authorRawal, Saurabh
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-13T03:00:45Z
dc.date.available2019-05-13T03:00:45Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationDesai, N. Dalal, S. Raval, S. (2018). The effects of volunteerism on self-deception and locus of control. International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 29. doi: 10.1007/s11266-017-9857-xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/21825
dc.description.abstractThis study examines whether volunteering for not-for-profit Organizations (NPOs) which are involved in providing social welfare services and which actively promote sociobehavioral factors like social responsibility, leadership, and self-confidence among its volunteers, reduces an individual’s likelihood of engaging in corrupt practices. We identify two psychological traits: propensity to rationalize (as evidenced by self-deception) and an external locus of control (as compared to an internal LOC) that facilitate unethical behavior. With the help of volunteers from two NPOs, we investigate whether engaging in social welfare activities organized by such NPOs would create awareness about the adverse consequences of corruption faced by large segments of the society, which in turn would make it difficult to rationalize unethical and corrupt acts. Additionally, most NPOs actively strive to develop self-confidence and leadership skills among its volunteers. Prior literature indicates that individuals possessing such qualities are more likely to have an internal LOC and also that individuals possessing an internal LOC are less likely to act in a corrupt manner. The overall results indicate that greater experience with such NPOs leads to a significant reduction in propensity to rationalize and leads to a higher likelihood of having an internal LOC.en_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectVolunteerismen_US
dc.subjectSocial impacten_US
dc.subjectCorruptionen_US
dc.subjectLocus of controlen_US
dc.subjectSelf-deceptionen_US
dc.titleThe effects of volunteerism on self-deception and locus of controlen_US
dc.title.alternativeInternational Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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