Fundraising Appeals for the COVID-19 Epidemic Fight: A Cross-Country Study of Donor Responses

Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan, Adel Sarea, Meshari Al-Daihani, Abdullahi Bala Ado, Halima Begum, Mushari Hamdan Alosaimi, Hijattulah Abdul-Jabbar and Mohammed Khalifa Abdelsalam
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Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan: Institute of Shariah Governance and Islamic Finance, Islamic Business School, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok 06010, Kedah, Malaysia
Adel Sarea: College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University, Manama 10878, Bahrain
Meshari Al-Daihani: Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Abdullahi Bala Ado: Department of Accounting, AL-Qalam University, Katsina 820241, Nigeria
Halima Begum: School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok 06010, Kedah, Malaysia
Mushari Hamdan Alosaimi: Department of Accounting, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24382, Saudi Arabia
Hijattulah Abdul-Jabbar: Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok 06010, Kedah, Malaysia
Mohammed Khalifa Abdelsalam: School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok 06010, Kedah, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-20

Abstract: This research explores the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations driving donors to engage in fundraising appeals launched through social networking sites (SNSs) to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on vulnerable communities from a cross-national perspective. The research adopted a quantitative approach through a web-based survey; a total of 801 donors were obtained from Kuwait and Bahrain and were useable for the analysis. Smart PLS structural equation modelling was used to validate the research model and derive significant insights. In the Kuwaiti sample, we found that humanitarian projects, internet technology, SNSs and religiosity significantly drive donor attitudes towards online donation. All these relationships are indirectly related to the intention to give via SNS through the mediating role of attitudes. As for the Bahraini sample, humanitarian projects, non-profit organizations (NPOs), SNSs, and religiosity significantly influence donors’ attitudes. Attitudes, on the other hand, have a visible mediating role in the relationships between these predictors and behavioral intentions. The findings could be useful for the development of appropriate policies that boost online monetary donations to support emergency aid for communities crushed by the pandemic. This research differs from the existing literature in that its multi-national study scrutinizes the incorporation of both internal and external predictors of fundraising activities into a distinctive related context such as SNSs, particularly in a time of epidemiological crises such as COVID-19.

Keywords: fundraising campaigns; COVID-19; social networking sites; NPO; humanitarian response; Kuwait; Bahrain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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