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Article Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 6Measuring Collective Action Intention Toward Gender Equality Across Cultures(Hogrefe Publishing Corp, 2024) Besta, Tomasz; Jurek, Pawel; Olech, Michal; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza; Bosson, Jennifer K.; Zadkowska, Magdalena; Włodarczyk, AnnaCollective action is a powerful tool for social change and is fundamental to women and girls' empowerment on a societal level. Collective action towards gender equality could be understood as intentional and conscious civic behaviors focused on social transformation, questioning power relations, and promoting gender equality through collective efforts. Various instruments to measure collective action intentions have been developed, but to our knowledge none of the published measures were subject to invariance testing. We introduce the gender equality collective action intention (GECAI) scale and examine its psychometric isomorphism and measurement invariance, using data from 60 countries (N = 31,686). Our findings indicate that partial scalar measurement invariance of the GECAI scale permits conditional comparisons of latent mean GECAI scores across countries. Moreover, this metric psychometric isomorphism of the GECAI means we can interpret scores at the country-level (i.e., as a group attribute) conceptually similar to individual attributes. Therefore, our findings add to the growing body of literature on gender based collective action by introducing a methodologically sound tool to measure collective action intentions towards gender equality across cultures.Article Cultural Logics of Honor, Face, and Dignity as Moderators of the Relationship Between Group Process and Pro-Migrant Collective Action Intentions(Elsevier, 2025) Besta, Tomasz; Thomas, Emma; Celikkol, Goksu; Olech, Michal; Jurek, Pawel; Van Zomeren, Martijn; Wlodarczyk, AnnaAlthough group identification, efficacy, and injustice appraisals are well-established predictors of collective action support, contextual factors are rarely examined. We address this oversight in preregistered study by testing whether country-level norms moderate the relationships identity, anger at injustice, and efficacy have with support for pro-immigrant solidarity collective action using data from 22 countries (N = 4615). Given that cultures that emphasize honor and face prioritize harmony and social cohesion over conflict, we expected that honor codes and face orientation would attenuate the links identity, injustice, and efficacy have with collective action support. Results showed that identification, efficacy, and anger at injustice were linked to collective action intentions in most countries, but honor codes attenuated the relationship between anger and collective action intentions. We further discuss the implications and limitations of these results in light of cross-cultural studies of pro-immigrant attitudes and actions. Overall, our findings complement research on predictors of collective action and the dual-chamber model of collective action by presenting potential cultural constraints.
