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Identity and collective action among European Kurds
Author(s) -
Ufkes Elze G.,
Dovidio John F.,
Tel Gulizar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/bjso.12084
Subject(s) - collective action , social psychology , psychology , collective identity , ingroups and outgroups , anger , disadvantage , social identity theory , ethnic group , action (physics) , collective efficacy , identity (music) , salient , social group , political science , physics , politics , quantum mechanics , acoustics , law
This research investigated the role of group‐based anger and efficacy in explaining the effects of subgroup (ethnic) and common (European) identity on collective action among Kurds in Europe responding to different types of disadvantage. Whereas stronger Kurdish identity positively predicted intentions for collective action (mediated by anger and efficacy), stronger common ingroup identity was negatively related to collective action intentions. This effect occurred primarily when structural disadvantage was salient, not when attention was drawn to a specific incident of disadvantage, and was mediated by anger but not efficacy. The findings complement recent work demonstrating that intergroup harmony can undermine social change, suggesting that stronger common‐group identification reduces collective action by reducing minority‐group members' sensitivity to potential bias against them.