Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2015
Keywords
collective action, cross-group interaction, group-based emotion, position, supportiveness
Abstract
Although positive cross-group contact can reduce prejudice, it also can undermine disadvantaged group members’ engagement in collective action (CA). However, some initial research suggests that contact with advantaged group members who are openly supportive of the disadvantaged group may not decrease, and may actually increase disadvantaged group members’ CA. This research used the unequal tuition fee increases at Simon Fraser University (SFU) to investigate international students’ CA intentions. We manipulated the contact partner’s (Canadian student) supportiveness and whether Canadian students directly benefited from the unequal tuition fee increases. The results indicated that when Canadian students were beneficiaries of the inequality, supportiveness from a Canadian student increased international students’ intentions of engaging in organizational disloyalty towards SFU (a form of CA) via increased group-based sadness. However, when Canadian students were bystanders, supportiveness decreased intentions of engaging in organizational disloyalty via reduced group-based sadness and fear.
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
School
School of Social and Life Sciences
Journal
Journal of Interpersonal Relations, Intergroup Relations and Identity
Version
Publisher's version
Peer Reviewed/Refereed Publication
yes
Terms of Use
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Original Publication Citation
Qin, S., Droogendyk, L., & Wright, S.C. (2015). Cross-group relationships and collective action: How international students respond to unequal tuition fee increases? Journal of Interpersonal Relations, Intergroup Relations and Identity, 8(Winter), 10-22. Retrieved from http://jiriri.ca/volumes/JIRIRIVolume8.pdf
SOURCE Citation
Qin, Siyu; Droogendyk, Lisa; and Wright, Stephen C., "Cross-Group Relationships and Collective Action: How do International Students Respond to Unequal Tuition Fee Increases?" (2015). Faculty Publications and Scholarship. 3.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/fhass_soci_publ/3
Comments
02 November 2016: At the time of publication, Sheridan College author Lisa Droogendyk was associated with Simon Fraser University.