The system-stabilizing role of identity management strategies: Social creativity can undermine collective action for social change.

2012 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia C. Becker
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Social Creativity

The Role of Identity in Collective Action and Pursuing Social Change

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Abell ◽  
Kose Talha
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Collective Action

scholarly journals Casual spectators and die-hard fans’ reactions to their team defeat: A look at the role of territorial identification in elite French rugby

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iouri Bermache-Assollant ◽  
Raphael Laurin
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
Team Identification ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Team Loyalty ◽  
The North ◽  
Offensive Strategies

This research investigated the role of two foci of identification (team and territory) on identity management strategies used by sport followers in the particular context of elite French rugby union. In study 1 which dealt with casual spectators (N = 153), the results corroborated numerous studies conducted in the North-American context and showed that team identification constitutes a strong driver for offensive and loyalty reactions. In study 2 which dealt with die-hard fans (N = 64), it appeared that team identification seems to be the best predictor of team loyalty strategy whereas territorial identification seems to be the first predictor of offensive strategies. Taken together, the studies showed the importance of considering the specific context in which sport fanship takes place.

scholarly journals Dual identity and immigrants’ protest against discrimination: The moderating role of diversity ideologies

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 924-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maykel Verkuyten
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Dual Identity ◽  
The World ◽  
Moderating Role

Discrimination of immigrant groups is an important social problem in many societies around the world. This study examines the moderating role of cultural diversity beliefs on the relation between dual identity and the intention to protest against immigrants’ discrimination. An experimental study was conducted among national samples of the three main immigrant-origin groups in the Netherlands. It was found that dual identity predicted the intention to protest against discrimination more strongly within a context of multicultural recognition compared to a context of assimilation or interculturalism. This demonstrates that multicultural recognition is a facilitating condition for dual identifiers to get involved in collective action for social change.

scholarly journals Towards a Social Justice Disposition in Communication and Sport Scholarship

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 435-451
Author(s):  
Daniel Jackson ◽  
Filippo Trevisan ◽  
Emma Pullen ◽  
Michael Silk
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sport Communication ◽  
Sports Communication

In this introduction to a special issue on sport communication and social justice, we offer some reflections on the state of the discipline as it relates to social justice. We bring attention to the role of sport communication scholars in the advancement of social justice goals and articulate a set of dispositions for researchers to bring to their practice, predicated on internalizing and centralizing morality, ethics, and the political. Identifying the epistemological (under)currents in the meaningful study of communication and sport, we offer a set of challenges for researchers in the contemporary critique of the communication industries based on “sensibilities” or dispositions of the research to those studied. We then introduce and frame the 13 articles that make up this double special issue of Communication & Sport. Collectively, these articles begin to demonstrate such dispositions in their interrogation of some of the most important and spectacularized acts of social justice campaigns and activism in recent decades alongside investigations of everyday forms of marginalization, resistance, and collective action that underpin social change—both progressive and regressive. We hope this special issue provides a vehicle for continued work in the area of sports communication and social justice.

scholarly journals Socio-Structural Intergroup Characteristics as Predictors of Intention to Join University Alumni Association

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon Mazambani ◽  
Stephen Reysen ◽  
Shonda Gibson ◽  
LaVelle Hendricks
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
High Status ◽  
Status Difference ◽  
Alumni Association ◽  
The University

We examined the association between socio-structural intergroup characteristics (i.e., permeability of groupboundaries, legitimacy of status difference between ingroup and outgroups, stability of status difference) andstudents’ intention to join the university alumni association. Prior theory and research suggests that group membersassess the intergroup context to direct identity management strategies (e.g., leave group, collective action). Collegestudents in their last semester at a university were asked to rate the perceived socio-structural characteristics of theingroup (compared to other universities) and their intention to join the alumni association. The results showed thatperceiving one’s ingroup as legitimately high status and in a stable intergroup context predicted greater intention tojoin the alumni association. Consistent with prior theory, the results suggest that viewing one’s ingroup aslegitimately high status predicts endorsement of actions to maintain a positive and distinct identity.

Explaining Social Change and Identity Management Strategies

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Niens ◽  
Ed Cairns
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Management Strategies

scholarly journals Dual routes from social identity to collective opposition to criminal organisations: Intracultural appropriation theory and the roles of honour codes and social change beliefs

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Travaglino ◽  
Dominic Abrams ◽  
Giuseppina Russo
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
Dual Route ◽  
Change Beliefs ◽  
Global Threat ◽  
Opposing Effects

Italian criminal organisations (COs) are a serious global threat. Intracultural appropriation theory (ICAT) holds that such groups exploit cultural codes of masculinity and honour to legitimise and lower resistance to their actions. Such codes are an important feature of Southern Italian group membership. A large survey ( N = 1,173) investigated the role of two previously underexamined facets of honour cultures—personal concerns for reputation, and female honour ideology. In addition, drawing on social identity theory, and testing a dual-route hypothesis, this research investigated the role of beliefs about the necessity of social change in the articulation between identification, honour, and collective action intentions. Consistent with ICAT, and with previous research, male-honour-related values uniquely predicted collective action intentions against criminal organisations. In addition, consistent with the dual-route hypothesis: (a) regional identification positively predicted social change beliefs which in turn explained stronger intentions to oppose COs collectively, and, (b) regional identification was also positively associated with masculine honour which in turn predicted weaker intentions to oppose COs. The evidence supports the idea that social identity can have opposing effects on collective action in the same context, depending on which beliefs are mobilised.

Refining the relationship between ingroup identification and identity management strategies in the sport context: The moderating role of gender and the mediating role of negative mood

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 639-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iouri Bernache-Assollant ◽  
Raphaël Laurin ◽  
Patrick Bouchet ◽  
Guillaume Bodet ◽  
Marie-Françoise Lacassagne
Keyword(s):  
Identity Management ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Ingroup Identification ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals A Darker Side of Hope: Harmony-Focused Hope Decreases Collective Action Intentions Among the Disadvantaged

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siwar Hasan-Aslih ◽  
Ruthie Pliskin ◽  
Martijn van Zomeren ◽  
Eran Halperin ◽  
Tamar Saguy
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Disadvantaged Group ◽  
Intergroup Interactions ◽  
Motivation For Change ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Practical Implications

Hope is viewed as a positive emotion associated with the motivation to change existing conditions. As such, it is highly relevant for social change, particularly when considering disadvantaged groups. We propose that, in the context of unequal intergroup relations, hope may actually undermine motivation for change among disadvantaged group members. Specifically, we distinguish between hope targeted at harmony with the outgroup and hope targeted at social equality between groups. Drawing on insights regarding the consequences of positive intergroup interactions, we predict that hope for harmony with the outgroup can undermine the constructive tension that motivates the disadvantaged toward equality. Across four studies, involving different intergroup contexts, hope for harmony was negatively associated with disadvantaged group members’ motivation for collective action. We further found that high identifiers from the disadvantaged group were immune to this effect. We discuss theoretical and practical implications for the role of hope in social change.

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