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The Role of Childhood Participation in Cultural Activities in the Promotion of Pro-Social Behaviours in Later Life
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David Dowell
Sustainability, Volume: 12, Issue: 14, Start page: 5744
Swansea University Author:
Brian Garrod
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/su12145744
Abstract
Cultural organisations often serve as guardians of cultural heritage and, as such, cultural sustainability depends on their ongoing vitality. Many organisations in the cultural sector are, however, presently experiencing intense financial pressures. With their traditional sources of funding being pr...
| Published in: | Sustainability |
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| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
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MDPI AG
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54759 |
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Cultural organisations often serve as guardians of cultural heritage and, as such, cultural sustainability depends on their ongoing vitality. Many organisations in the cultural sector are, however, presently experiencing intense financial pressures. With their traditional sources of funding being progressively cut off, such organisations are focusing increasingly on monetary donations and the volunteering of time on the part of the general public to help plug the financial gap. Promoting and managing such pro-social behaviours can, however, be costly activities in themselves, so it is critical for cultural organisations to be able to target those segments of the public with the greatest propensity to give. This study sets out to address that need. The findings indicate that individuals who were involved in cultural activities as children are statistically more likely to volunteer their time in later life, not only with cultural organisations but also with good causes in general. In certain circumstances, this is also true of donating money. The cultural organisations benefiting from these pro-social behaviours need not be those with which the individual was involved in their childhood; nor need they be associated with the same form of culture. Importantly, continuous involvement in an activity from childhood into adulthood is not a necessary pre-condition for pro-social behaviour in later life. |
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| Keywords: |
pro-social; volunteering; donation; culture; participation; children |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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14 |
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5744 |