Acting in solidarity: Testing an extended dual pathway model of collective action by bystander group members

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 539-560

  Saab, Rim ^a   Tausch, Nicole ^b   Spears, Russell ^c   Cheung, Wing Yee ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bystander group; Collective action; Efficacy; Identity consolidation; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941026638     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12095     Document Type: Article

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