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Generation Y and Blood Donation: The Impact of Altruistic Help in a Darwiportunistic Scenario
1Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbes. Organisation, Personal- und Informationsmanagement, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Abstract:
This article focuses on the members of Generation Y and their willingness to offer voluntary (unpaid) blood donations. Using statistics from various sources, a three-stage model is developed to explain blood donation behaviour especially of this generation. It consists of i) developing altruism, ii) raising the willingness to donate blood, and iii) activating actual blood donation behaviour. Members of Generation Y live in a Darwinistic society. They also to some degree act opportunistically, but not in contradiction to altruism. For that reason, the article positions itself in the theoretical framework of Darwi-portunism and derives practical suggestions as well as implications for research.
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