When and how to share? The role of inspiration

Sharing what we know with others has an important role in facilitating people's social learning and communication across settings. To advance the understanding of when and how people share, the present study examined the role of inspiration, an emotion that contains strong motivational elements...

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Published inThe Journal of social psychology Vol. 164; no. 3; pp. 336 - 350
Main Authors Xia, Weiwei, Wai Li, Liman Man
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Routledge 03.05.2024
Taylor & Francis Inc
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communication
creativity
Inspiration
share
Sharing
Social learning
social learning
Inspiration
share
communication
creativity
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Summary:Sharing what we know with others has an important role in facilitating people's social learning and communication across settings. To advance the understanding of when and how people share, the present study examined the role of inspiration, an emotion that contains strong motivational elements, on people's sharing tendencies in three studies. Study 1 showed a positive association between the inspiring level of a given message and its likelihood of being shared. Study 2 replicated the finding with carefully controlling for the effect of positivity of a given message. Study 3 further provided evidence that inspiration shaped how people share. The results showed that participants shared inspiring messages in a more innovative way than when they shared less inspiring messages. The present research has implications for how to promote the sharing process in different settings through the role of inspiration.
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ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224545.2022.2080038