TY - JOUR
T1 - When the gift is halfhearted
T2 - A socio-cultural study of ambivalence in a charity sport event
AU - Oreg, Ayelet
AU - Greenspan, Itay
AU - Berger, Ida E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Taking a culturally sensitive approach, we set out to explore the social response to, and the cultural adoption of, charity sport events in Israel, where this phenomenon is relatively new and understudied. We show that charity sport events participation is accepted with mixed feelings: participants are motivated by their novice athletic aspirations and love for bike riding, and by their emotional connection to the cause, but at the same time are reluctant to fundraise and donate due to socio-cultural barriers. Using a qualitative, exploratory, single case study design, and relying on the literature of charity sports events, we show that in contrast to the extant distinction between philanthropic givers’ motivations and non-givers’ barriers, participants in charity sport events experience simultaneous motivations for and barriers to their own philanthropic giving. Although they strongly identify with their role as bike riders, and are motivated to take part in a challenging ride, they struggle with the roles of fundraiser and philanthropist that are inherent components of charity sports events. The combination of these experiences yields the experience of ambivalence towards philanthropic giving, which we accordingly term as ambivalent philanthropy.
AB - Taking a culturally sensitive approach, we set out to explore the social response to, and the cultural adoption of, charity sport events in Israel, where this phenomenon is relatively new and understudied. We show that charity sport events participation is accepted with mixed feelings: participants are motivated by their novice athletic aspirations and love for bike riding, and by their emotional connection to the cause, but at the same time are reluctant to fundraise and donate due to socio-cultural barriers. Using a qualitative, exploratory, single case study design, and relying on the literature of charity sports events, we show that in contrast to the extant distinction between philanthropic givers’ motivations and non-givers’ barriers, participants in charity sport events experience simultaneous motivations for and barriers to their own philanthropic giving. Although they strongly identify with their role as bike riders, and are motivated to take part in a challenging ride, they struggle with the roles of fundraiser and philanthropist that are inherent components of charity sports events. The combination of these experiences yields the experience of ambivalence towards philanthropic giving, which we accordingly term as ambivalent philanthropy.
KW - ambivalence
KW - charity sports events
KW - philanthropy
KW - socio-cultural barriers to giving
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094630762&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1012690220968107
DO - 10.1177/1012690220968107
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AN - SCOPUS:85094630762
SN - 1012-6902
VL - 56
SP - 1224
EP - 1242
JO - International Review for the Sociology of Sport
JF - International Review for the Sociology of Sport
IS - 8
ER -