@article{ref1,
title="Where there is a (collective) will, there are (effective) ways: integrating individual- and group-level factors in explaining humanitarian collective action",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2016",
author="Thomas, Emma F. and McGarty, Craig and Reese, Gerhard and Berndsen, Mariette and Bliuc, Ana-Maria",
volume="42",
number="12",
pages="1678-1692",
abstract="The 21st century has borne witness to catastrophic natural and human-induced tragedies. These disasters necessitate humanitarian responses; however, the individual and collective bases of support are not well understood. Drawing on Duncan's motivational model of collective action, we focus on how individual differences position a person to adopt group memberships and develop a &quot;group consciousness&quot; that provides the basis for humanitarian action. Longitudinal mediation analyses involving supporters of international humanitarian action (N = 384) sampled annually for 3 years provided support for the hypothesized model, with some twists. The results revealed that within time point, a set of individual differences (together, the &quot;pro-social orientation&quot;) promoted a humanitarian group consciousness that, in turn, facilitated collective action. However, longitudinally, there was evidence that a more general pro-social orientation undermined subsequent identification with, and engagement in, the humanitarian cause. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed in terms of understanding the interplay between individual and group in collective actions.<br><br>© 2016 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167216669134",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216669134"
}