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When believing in the union is (not) enough : the role of threat and norms in intentions to act on union legitimacy and efficacy beliefs

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06/2015
Author
Blackwood, L.
Terry, D.
Duck, J.
Keywords
Collective action
Efficacy
Legitimacy
Norms
Threat
Unions
BF Psychology
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Abstract
Three field studies conducted with academics and students examined the dynamic role of threat and normative support for a union in qualifying the relationship between union-related legitimacy and efficacy beliefs, and union intentions. There was evidence for interplay between threat and norms in facilitating people acting in accordance with their union beliefs, and in providing the conditions where those with weaker beliefs may be mobilised. In Study 1, students' perception of threat to group interests facilitated their preparedness to act on pro-union legitimacy and efficacy beliefs. In Study 2, among academics who perceived low threat, acting on union legitimacy and efficacy beliefs was contingent on a pro-union norm, while those who perceived high threat were prepared to act on their union legitimacy beliefs regardless of the normative environment. Finally, in Study 3, a pro-union norm again facilitated acting on union beliefs in a low threat condition and overcame the importance of legitimacy and efficacy beliefs in a high threat condition. In sum, this research makes a case for the importance of union strategies attending to both the framing of intergroup threat and the communication of in-group normative support for the union.
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Blackwood , L , Terry , D & Duck , J 2015 , ' When believing in the union is (not) enough : the role of threat and norms in intentions to act on union legitimacy and efficacy beliefs ' , Australian Journal of Psychology , vol. 67 , no. 2 , pp. 65-74 . https://doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12071
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Australian Journal of Psychology
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12071
ISSN
0004-9530
Type
Journal article
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© 2014 The Australian Psychological Society. This is an electronic version of an article published in: Blackwood, L., Terry, D. and Duck, J. (2015), When believing in the union is (not) enough: The role of threat and norms in intentions to act on union legitimacy and efficacy beliefs. Australian Jnl of Psychology, 67: 65–74. doi: 10.1111/ajpy.12071
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