Organizational respect dampens the impact of group-based relative deprivation on willingness to protest pay cuts

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 159-175

  Osborne, Danny ^a   Huo, Yuen J ^b   Smith, Heather J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Group identification; Moderated mediation; Organizational policies; Protest; Relative deprivation; Social identity; Subgroup respect

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84925259035     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12069     Document Type: Article

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