Dominant and non-dominant groups' responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorDumont, Kitty
dc.contributor.authorVan Lill, Burger
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-04T12:11:50Z
dc.date.available2018-06-04T12:11:50Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-01-13T10:55:34Z
dc.description.abstractIn the field study we examined the assumptions proposed by Social Identity Theory (SIT) that dominant and non-dominant groups differ systematically regarding the functional interaction between beliefs about the intergroup situation and identity management strategies. Participants were university students from three racial groups : blacks (N = 100), coloured (N = 100), as non-dominant groups, and whites (N = 100) as dominant group in post-apartheid South Africa. A multiple group path analysis to test SIT revealed systematic differences between dominant and non-dominant groups regarding the impact of perceived legitimacy on ingroup identification, perceived legitimacy on social competition and on individual mobility. Furthermore, the results showed that ingroup identification differentiates between individual and collective strategies irrespective of the groups' status positions. The results also highlight the different effects (or lack of effects) of the socio-structural variables in the SIT model, which is argued to be determined by the concrete socio-historical context of the respective intergroup relations.
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124630903900405
dc.identifier.apacitationDumont, K., & Van Lill, B. (2009). Dominant and non-dominant groups' responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa. <i>South African Journal of Psychology</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28224en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDumont, Kitty, and Burger Van Lill "Dominant and non-dominant groups' responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa." <i>South African Journal of Psychology</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28224en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDumont, K., & Van Lill, B. (2009). Dominant and non-dominant groups' responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 39(4), 432-447.
dc.identifier.ris TY - AU - Dumont, Kitty AU - Van Lill, Burger AB - In the field study we examined the assumptions proposed by Social Identity Theory (SIT) that dominant and non-dominant groups differ systematically regarding the functional interaction between beliefs about the intergroup situation and identity management strategies. Participants were university students from three racial groups : blacks (N = 100), coloured (N = 100), as non-dominant groups, and whites (N = 100) as dominant group in post-apartheid South Africa. A multiple group path analysis to test SIT revealed systematic differences between dominant and non-dominant groups regarding the impact of perceived legitimacy on ingroup identification, perceived legitimacy on social competition and on individual mobility. Furthermore, the results showed that ingroup identification differentiates between individual and collective strategies irrespective of the groups' status positions. The results also highlight the different effects (or lack of effects) of the socio-structural variables in the SIT model, which is argued to be determined by the concrete socio-historical context of the respective intergroup relations. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Psychology LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Dominant and non-dominant groups' responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa TI - Dominant and non-dominant groups' responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28224 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/28224
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDumont K, Van Lill B. Dominant and non-dominant groups' responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28224.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Management Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Psychology
dc.source.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/home/sap
dc.subject.otherDominant versus non-dominant groups
dc.subject.otherEconomic transformation
dc.subject.otherIntergroup relations
dc.subject.otherIdentity management strategies
dc.subject.otherSocial identity theory
dc.subject.otherStatus relations
dc.titleDominant and non-dominant groups' responses to social change: the economic transformation process in South Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.filetypeText
uct.type.filetypeImage
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Dominant_Article_2009.pdf
Size:
1.11 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.72 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Journal Articles