Evaluation of ingroup disloyalty within a multigroup context.

Autor/in	Rothgerber, Hank
Titel	Evaluation of ingroup disloyalty within a multigroup context.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 45 (2014) 5, S. 382-390Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000196
Schlagwörter	Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Gruppendynamik; Soziale Norm; Loyalität
Abstract	The present research sought to determine if group vulnerability to ingroup norm violations moderated evaluations of these disloyal acts. Specifically, it tested the notion that smaller groups, groups organized around a moral cause, and groups demanding relatively high sacrifice from members would most harshly evaluate instances of ingroup disloyalty because such actions may be more likely to dissolve the group, undermine its message, or tempt other members to deviate. A first experiment found that the most distinct and vulnerable group - vegans - devalued disloyal ingroup behavior more than others, particularly when the mainstream was salient. A second experiment also found that vegans rated ingroup disloyalty more negatively than vegetarians when the disloyal act was unconcealed, that is, committed in front of outgroup members who knew the violator's group membership. In addition, this effect was found to be primarily mediated by concerns that disloyalty would undermine intergroup distinctiveness and the ingroup's message. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2015/4