The dual-pathway model of collective action: Impacts of types of collective action and social identity

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-65

  Shi, Jing ^a   Hao, Zhen ^a   Saeri, Alexander K ^b   Cui, Lijuan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collective action; Group efficacy; Group based anger; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918506254     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430214524288     Document Type: Article

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