Social identities facilitate and encapsulate action-relevant constructs: A test of the social identity model of collective action

E.F. Thomas; K.I. Mavor; C. McGarty

doi:10.1177/1368430211413619

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Social identities facilitate and encapsulate action-relevant constructs: A test of the social identity model of collective action

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Social identities facilitate and encapsulate action-relevant constructs: A test of the social identity model of collective action

E.F. Thomas, K.I. Mavor and C. McGarty

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol.15(1), pp.75-88

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430211413619

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Abstract

Three studies explore the recently elaborated social identity model of collective action (SIMCA) and an alternative, the encapsulated model of social identity in collective action (EMSICA). These models both afford a central role to the function of social identities in promoting collective action, through affective reactions to injustice and group efficacy, but in different ways. Combined analyses of three samples (N = 305) using multigroup structural equation modelling showed that both SIMCA and EMSICA fit the data well but that the path from group efficacy to action was of small size. Results showed that social identity processes can both facilitate and encapsulate other action-relevant constructs, and highlight the importance of considering multiple causal pathways to action.

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Title: Social identities facilitate and encapsulate action-relevant constructs: A test of the social identity model of collective action
Authors/Creators: E.F. Thomas (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
K.I. Mavor (Author/Creator) - Australian National University
C. McGarty (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
Publication Details: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol.15(1), pp.75-88
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Identifiers: 991005541383107891
Copyright: © The Author(s) 2011
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Psychology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.73 Social Psychology; 6.73.447 Racial Identity
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