title: Are we all in this together?: co-victimization,inclusive social identity and collective action in solidarity with the disadvantaged.
abstract: Common experience of injustice can be a potent motivator of collective action and efforts to achieve social change - and of such efforts becoming more widespread. In this research, we propose that the effects of co-victimization on collective action are a function of inclusive social identity. Experiment 1 (N= 61) demonstrated that while presence (compared to absence) of co-victimization positively predicted consumer (i.e., participants) willingness to act collectively in solidarity with sweatshop workers, this effect was mediated by inclusive social identity. In Experiment 2 (N= 120), the salience of inclusive social identity was experimentally manipulated and interacted with co-victimization to predict collective action. When inclusive social identity was salient, co-victimization enhanced collective action, including willingness to pay extra for products made ethically and in support of fair wages for workers. In contrast, collective action was attenuated when co-victimization took place in the absence of inclusive social identity. Implications for understanding when co-victimization is transformed into common fate and political solidarity with the disadvantaged are discussed.
authors: Australian National University, Canberra. emina.subasic@anu.edu.au
authors: Emina
authors: E
authors: Subašić
authors: Michael T
authors: MT
authors: Schmitt
authors: Katherine J
authors: KJ
authors: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019548:Crime Victims; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012933:Social Identification; D012935:Social Justice; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D055815:Young Adult