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Social Identity, Relative Deprivation, and Coping With the Threat of Position Loss: A Field Study Among Native Shopkeepers in Amsterdam 1
Author(s) -
Ellemers Naomi,
BOS ARJAN E. R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01357.x
Subject(s) - relative deprivation , psychology , social psychology , perception , ethnic group , immigration , social deprivation , social identity theory , coping (psychology) , social group , sociology , political science , clinical psychology , neuroscience , anthropology , law
The present study investigates how native shopkeepers in Amsterdam respond to the threat experienced by the emergence of immigrant stores. A survey among 101 native shopkeepers confirmed that psychological, rather than instrumental, considerations play an important role. First, perceptions of fraternal deprivation were relatively independent of the amount of egoistical deprivation people perceived. Instead, the experience of fraternal deprivation was related to people's identification as native shopkeepers. Second, egoistical deprivation resulted in negative perceptions of all other entrepreneurs, regardless of their ethnic origin. Third, regardless of perceived egoistical deprivation, native shopkeepers were more likely to discredit immigrant entrepreneurs, as they thought they were more fraternally deprived.