Believing in "making a difference" to collective efforts: Participative efficacy beliefs as a unique predictor of collective action

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 618-634

  van Zomeren, Martijn ^a   Saguy, Tamar ^b   Schellhaas, Fabian M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

collective action; group efficacy; individual efficacy; participative efficacy; social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882940072     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430212467476     Document Type: Article

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