Conceptualizing philanthropic behavior and its antecedents of volunteers in health care

This article aims is to identify antecedents of philanthropic behavior as mediated by social networking of professionals in health care sector. This study is based on reviews of past studies on philanthropic behavior locally and internationally. These reviews were conducted using several keywords such as philanthropy, philanthropic behavior, giving donations, and volunteering through several electronic databases available including Google Scholar, Emerald, SAGE, Springerlink, Science Direct, and Wiley. We found four groups of philanthropic antecedents including extrinsic, intrinsic, social, and organizational factors. Based on this finding, a research framework is developed to be used for future investigation about factors affecting the philanthropic behavior among community health volunteers as mediated by social networking