2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grants

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences.

2020 SSHRC Insight Grants awarded

Power Distance Belief, Power, and Charitable Giving

Authors:  Dahee Han, Ashok K. Lalwani and Adam Duhachek

Publication: Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 44, No. 1, June 2017

Abstract:

Three studies examine the relation between power distance belief (PDB), the tendency to accept and expect inequalities in society; power, the control one has over valued resources; and charitable giving. Results suggest that the effect of PDB depends on the power held by the donor. In low-PDB contexts, people high (vs. low) in psychological power tend to be more self-focused (vs. other-focused), and this leads them to be less charitable. In high-PDB contexts, however, people high (vs. low) in psychological power tend to be more other-focused (vs. self-focused), and this leads them to be more charitable. The authors also explore several boundary conditions for these relationships and conclude with the implications of these findings.

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Coping and Construal Level Matching Drives Health Message Effectiveness via Response Efficacy or Self-Efficacy Enhancement

Authors: Han, D., Duhachek, A., Agrawal, N. 

Publication: Journal of Consumer Research 

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Distinct threats, common remedies: How consumers cope with psychological threat

Authors: Han, D., Duhachek, A., and Rucker, D.D.  

The psychology of appraisal: Specific emotions and decision-making

Authors:  So, J., Achar, C., Han, D.H., Agrawal, N., Duhachek, A., Maheswaran, D.

Publication: Journal of Consumer Psychology

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