The moderating role of religiosity on nonprofit advertising

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• 作者：Christopher D. Hopkins ; Kevin J. Shanahan ; Mary Anne Raymond
• 关键词：Nonprofit ; Religion ; Social responsibility ; Advertising
• 刊名：Journal of Business Research
• 出版年：February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：67
• 期：2
• 页码：23-31
• 全文大小：526 K

文摘

Nonprofits need to compete for donations now more than ever. Maintaining a socially responsible reputation and developing ads that are emotional and likable are tactics used to encourage donations. This study explores the role of religiosity as a moderator of antecedents to intent to donate to the nonprofit sponsor of pro-social ads and finds that religiosity acts as a moderator in the relationship between liking of the ad, perceived corporate social responsibility of the nonprofit, and intent to donate to the nonprofit. Managerial implications suggest that nonprofits employing negative emotional appeals in advertising should (1) feature real victims (not actors) to generate empathy and (2) target more religious individuals through demographic and psychographic segmentations.