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The role of subjective group memberships and perceptions of power in industrial conflict
Author(s) -
Taylor Natalie,
McGarty Craig
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/casp.636
Subject(s) - perception , social psychology , power (physics) , psychology , action (physics) , social conflict , identification (biology) , political science , politics , physics , botany , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , law , biology
A survey conducted with university academics ( N = 187) investigated self‐reported behaviour, explanations, social identification and perceptions of power during a period of industrial disputation. The results point to the importance of subjective experience of group memberships rather than overt group memberships in understanding behaviour and perceptions of power during industrial conflict and demonstrate very little support for the idea that industrial action or inaction reflects coerced behaviour. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.