When Do Low Status Groups Help High Status Groups? The Moderating Effects of Ingroup Identification, Audience Group Membership, and Perceived Reputational Benefit

When Do Low Status Groups Help High Status Groups? The Moderating Effects of Ingroup Identification, Audience Group Membership, and Perceived Reputational Benefit

Previous research has demonstrated that, when negative metastereotypes are made salient, members of low status groups help members of high status groups in order to improve the reputation of their low status group and its associated social identity. The present research investigated three potential...

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Main Authors: Chuma Kevin Owuamalam, Mark Rubin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2014-11-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Subjects:
impression management
ingroup identification
metastereotypes
outgroup helping
prosocial behavior
reputation
social identity
Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/33

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