Current students as university donors?: determinants in college students’ intentions to donate and share information about university crowdfunding efforts

• Moonhee Cho ^[2] ; Laura L. Lemon ^[3] ; Abbey B. Levenshus ^[1] ; Courtney C. Childers ^[2]
  1. [1] Butler University

     Butler University

     Township of Center, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] University of Tennessee. Knoxville. USA
  3. [3] University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa. USA

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• Localización: International review on public and nonprofit marketing: official publication of the International Association on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, ISSN 1865-1984, Vol. 16, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 23-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Crowdfunding has gained popularity as a fundraising strategy for reaching an online “crowd” of contributors, with many making small donations and promoting the project online to social networks. Universities are exploring crowdfunding as a strategy to connect with non-traditional donors beyond alumni – including students. While higher education institutions may hope to include students given their perceived comfort with online giving and crowdfunding’s focus on small gifts, scholars have not examined students’ perceptions about such activities. Adopting the Existence Relatedness Growth (ERG) theory, this study uses a survey to explore factors that motivate or hinder students’ supportive behavior intentions through a crowdfunding mechanism, specifically donation intention and word-of-mouth (WOM) intention. Suggestions are made for universities to develop communication that creates a philanthropy culture and engages students as potential donors.