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

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-88

  Thomas, Emma F ^a,b   Mavor, Kenneth I ^b   McGarty, Craig ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

collective action; group efficacy; group emotion; group processes; social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855399916     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211413619     Document Type: Article

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