Altruism and Prosocial Behavior

By C. Daniel Batson, A. Powell. 2003

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What do I Care? Perceived Ingroup Responsibility and Dehumanization as Predictors of Empathy Felt for the Victim Group (2009, background): “Hence, an ability and willingness to try to understand those affected and to be moved by their plight and suffering generate conditions important for sustainable and effective intergroup reconciliation (Batson, 1998; Halpern & Weinstein, 2004; Lederach, 1997; Vetlesen, 2005).”
A meta-analysis of the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior. (2005, background): “As Batson and Powell (2003) stated, “The word prosocial does not appear in most dictionaries; it was created by social scientists as an antonym for antisocial” (p.”
Social neuroscience evidence for dehumanised perception (2009, background): “Prior to this work, social psychology had a long history of implicating perspective taking in elevating moral reasoning (Kohlberg & Hersh, 1977), encouraging altruism (Batson, 1991, 1998), and lowering aggression (Richardson, Hammock, Smith, & Gardner, 1994).”
Necessary Evils and Interpersonal Sensitivity in Organizations (2005, background): “3 Interpersonally sensitive behavior may nonetheless result if it is the most efficient form of relief for the self-threat (Batson, 1998; Eisenberg, 2000) or when sympathy, taken independently, is at an intermediate but not distressing level.”