The return of moral motivation in predicting collective action against collective disadvantage;La reconsideración de la motivación moral para predecir la acción colectiva frente a la desventaja colectiva

International Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-176

  van Zomeren, Martijn ^a   Postmes, Tom ^a   Spears, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective action; Efficacy; Emotion; Identity; Injustice; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956206722     PISSN: 02134748     EISSN: 15793680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1174/021347411795448956     Document Type: Review

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