Collective efficacy as a mediated moderator in a multilevel study

Abstract

It is important for public administration researchers and practitioners to understand that the more proximal socio-psychological determinants of collective action. This study examined collective efficacy as a mediated moderator of justice-intention of collective action relations. Based on survey data collected from 6,873 residents representing 156 counties and cities-the authors used hierarchical linear modeling to investigate the relationship between justice, stress and collective action. The results revealed that respondents with strong collective efficacy reacted more positively in terms of unfair to intention of collective action than did those reporting low levels of efficacy. In addition, stress mediated the relationship between justice and intention of collective action. Collective efficacy played a mediated moderator role and this effect partial worked through the mediated variable-stress. Limitations of the study and implications of these findings are discussed.