scholarly journals Predicting collective action tendencies among Filipina domestic workers in Lebanon: Integrating the Social Identity Model of Collective Action and the role of fear

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 967-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aya Adra ◽  
Charles Harb ◽  
Mengyao Li ◽  
Anna Baumert
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Underrepresented Populations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
Action Tendencies

This study examined factors underlying collective action tendencies in a context of severe disadvantage and high repression. Drawing on the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA; van Zomeren, Postmes, & Spears, 2008), we tested the roles of group-based anger, participative efficacy, group identity—SIMCA variables—but also fear. Although SIMCA has been widely used in various social contexts, little is known about how well it applies to severely disadvantaged groups in highly repressive situations. In the study of female Filipina domestic workers ( N = 123) in Beirut, Lebanon, results provided partial support for SIMCA, such that identity indirectly and positively predicted collective action intentions via efficacy, but not anger. Importantly, fear modulated the paths from anger and efficacy to collective action intentions. Efficacy and anger positively predicted collective action tendencies among individuals low, but not high, in fear. These findings attest to the importance of studying political actions among underrepresented populations.

scholarly journals Mobilising Men: Ally Identities and Collective Action in Japan and the Philippines

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle P. Ochoa ◽  
Eric Julian Manalastas ◽  
Makiko Deguchi ◽  
Winnifred R. Louis
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Group Efficacy ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Ingroup Identification ◽  
Moral Convictions

Men have an important role as allies in reducing discrimination against women. Following the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA), we examined whether men's identification with women would predict their allied collective action, alongside moral convictions, efficacy, and anger. We also examined whether identification with their own ingroup would decrease their willingness to improve women's situation. We tested the SIMCA, extended to consider ingroup identification among men, in Japan (N = 103) and the Philippines (N = 131). Consistent with the SIMCA, moral convictions and group efficacy predicted men's willingness to engage in collective action to fight discrimination against women. However, anger was not significant, and identification with the advantaged and disadvantaged groups played different roles in the two countries. We discuss the possible role of norms and legitimacy in society in explaining the pattern of results.

Testing the Social Identity Model of Collective Action Longitudinally and Across Structurally Disadvantaged and Advantaged Groups

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma F. Thomas ◽  
Elena Zubielevitch ◽  
Chris G. Sibley ◽  
Danny Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Causal Assumptions ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Over Time

Although the social identity model of collective action (SIMCA) demonstrates that identity, efficacy, and injustice are key correlates of collective action, longitudinal tests of these causal assumptions are absent from the literature. Moreover, most collective action research focuses on disadvantaged groups’ responses to injustice, with few studies examining what motivates advantaged groups to protest. We address these oversights using nationally representative longitudinal panel data to investigate SIMCA among members of disadvantaged ( N = 2,574) and advantaged ( N = 13,367) groups. As hypothesized, identity predicted increases in injustice, efficacy, and collective action support over time. In turn, injustice (but not efficacy) mediated the longitudinal association between identity and collective action support. Notably, results were largely consistent across disadvantaged and advantaged groups. Thus, we provide the first demonstration that identity temporally precedes collective action across objectively disadvantaged and advantaged groups, but identify complexities regarding the role of efficacy in protest.

scholarly journals Organizational Practices and Workplace Relationships in Precarious Work: New Survey Evidence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Organizational Practices ◽  
Workplace Relationships ◽  
Relationship Formation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Regular Contact ◽  
Retail Workers

Organizational practices are important dimensions of the social contexts that shape relationship formation. In workplaces, the formation of relationships among coworkers are resources for personal outcomes, and they can be channels through which workers might identify common grievances, form workplace solidarity, and engage in collective action. Using a unique dataset of retail workers across the United States, The Shift Project, this paper examines two potential pathways by which organizational practices common in precarious jobs in the retail industry in the U.S. might shape the formation of workplace relationships. I find evidence of the role of both pathways: practices that limit the opportunities for regular contact and practices that negatively impact the conditions of contact among employees are both associated with fewer workplace ties. I discuss the implications of these findings for the study of collective action, and network ecology.

scholarly journals Factors Behind the Popularity of Protest Messages on Twitter: The Case of Venezuela Crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-29
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Petrov ◽  
Denis Stukal ◽  
Andrey Ahremenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
International Support ◽  
Efficacy Belief ◽  
The Social ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Project Participants

Based on the material of the political crisis in Venezuela in 2019, the paper studies factors behind the popularity of protest messages (tweets) on Twitter. Methodologically, the study develops the notion of SIMCA (Social Identity Model for Collective Action). The theory suggests that factors in the social environment may mobilize a person through such psychological antecedents as anger, belief in ability to achieve the desired goals (efficacy belief) and protest identification. The project participants created a database including over 5.7 million tweets, based on which three sets of the most popular messages (tweets) have been selected. The three sets were named according to psychological antecedents: a) anger, b) belief in success (including international support), and c) protest identification. The analysis of the tweets demonstrates that the belief in the success of the protest campaign has the greatest mobilizing force.

scholarly journals An Examination of the Social Identity Model of Collective Action in the Context of Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Quang N. Nguyen ◽  
Dung M. Nguyen ◽  
Luot V. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Group Efficacy ◽  
Moral Conviction ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Environmental Disputes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Identity Model

Introduction: Although collective action relating to land and environmental disputes in Vietnam has been increasing over the past decades, there is little research from the perspective of social psychology on this topic. Objective: This study was conducted to examine the applicability of the social identity model of collective action [SIMCA] in the context of Vietnam. Specifically, we assessed the predictive powers of moral conviction, politicized identity, group-based anger, and group efficacy on people’s intentions to engage in collective action in a situation where people from three communes of Hanoi blocked garbage trucks to enter a waste treatment complex located in this area. Methods: The participants were 132 residents from these communes. We collected the data by a self-report survey and then executed regression and path analyses to test our hypotheses. Results and Discussion: The results indicated that, except for group efficacy, variables in SIMCA were capable of independently predicting intentions to participate in collective action. Also, politicized identity had directly and indirectly positive effects on collective action intentions through group-based anger but not group efficacy. Politicized identity and group-based anger played partial mediating roles in the relationship between moral conviction and collective action intentions. Conclusion: These findings partly supporting the proposed SIMCA demonstrated the impacts of Vietnam's unique cultural and political characteristics on individuals' engagement in collective action relating to land and environmental disputes between people and their local authorities.

scholarly journals Can moral convictions motivate the advantaged to challenge social inequality?

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 735-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn van Zomeren ◽  
Tom Postmes ◽  
Russell Spears ◽  
Karim Bettache
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Group Efficacy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Moral Convictions

This article examines whether and how moral convictions, defined as strong and absolute stances on moralized issues, motivate advantaged group members to challenge social inequality. Specifically, we propose that violations of moral convictions against social inequality motivate collective action against it by increasing identification with the victims of social inequality. Such identification links the current work with the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA; Van Zomeren, Postmes, & Spears, 2008 , in press ), which predicts that individuals’ motivation to challenge social inequality requires a relevant social identity in which group-based anger and group efficacy beliefs motivate collective action. For the advantaged, moral convictions are therefore powerful motivators of collective action against social inequality. Two studies, conducted in the Netherlands and Hong Kong, replicated empirical support for this line of thought. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings for collective action among the advantaged.

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